prefekt

Albanian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin praefectus (“one placed in charge”), from praeficere (“to place in charge”).

Noun

prefekt m

1. (politics) prefect, particularly the governor of an Albanian county or (historical) prefecture.

Declension

Declension of prefekt

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	prefekt	prefekti	prefektë	prefektët
accusative		prefektin
dative	prefekti	prefektit	prefektëve	prefektëve
ablative			prefektësh

Coordinate terms

• qark, prefekturë

Related terms

• prefekturë

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprɛfɛkt]
• Rhymes: -ɛfɛkt

Noun

prefekt m anim

1. prefect

Declension

Declension of prefekt (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	prefekt	prefekti
genitive	prefekta	prefektů
dative	prefektovi, prefektu	prefektům
accusative	prefekta	prefekty
vocative	prefekte	prefekti
locative	prefektovi, prefektu	prefektech
instrumental	prefektem	prefekty

Further reading

• “prefekt”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “prefekt”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Präfekt, from Latin praefectus (“put in charge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prěfekt/
• Hyphenation: pre‧fekt

Noun

prèfekt m (Cyrillic spelling прѐфект)

1. prefect

Declension

Declension of prefekt

	singular	plural
nominative	prèfekt	prefekti
genitive	prefekta	prèfekātā
dative	prefektu	prefektima
accusative	prefekta	prefekte
vocative	prefekte	prefekti
locative	prefektu	prefektima
instrumental	prefektom	prefektima

Related terms

• prefektúra (“prefecture”)

References

• “prefekt”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024