pretendent

See also: prétendent

English

Etymology

From Middle French pretendent, from the present participle of pretendre (“to claim”). By surface analysis, pretend +‎ -ent.

Noun

pretendent (plural pretendents)

1. Alternative form of pretendant

Adjective

pretendent (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of pretendant
   • c. 1595 September (indicated as 1594), R. Doleman [pseudonym; attributed to Robert Persons], “Of the Great and Generall Controuersie and Contention betweene the Two Houses Royal of Lancaster and York, […]”, in A Conference about the Next Succession to the Crowne of Ingland (English Recusant Literature, 1558–1640; 104), Menston, Yorkshire: Scolar Press, published 1972, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 58:

     [T]he kingdome […] after the death of the foreſaid king Richard […] belonged to Edmond mortimer Earle of march, then liuing, and after his death to Anne Mortimer his ſiſter, marryed to Richard earle of Cãbridge father to this Richard pretendent duke of Yorke, […]

   • 1620, Pietro Soaue Polano [pseudonym; Paolo Sarpi], translated by Nathanael Brent, “Two New Legates Are Created”, in The Historie of the Councel of Trent. […], 2nd edition (1629), London: […] Bonham Norton and Iohn Bill, […], →OCLC, book 7, page 681:

     But the Pope being reſolute, and diſpleaſed that the matter was not ſo ſecretly carried, anſwered freely, that the Cardinall of Loraine came to the Councell as Head of one of the pretendent parties, and that he would depute thoſe who were Neutrals, and without intereſts.

   • 1641, Iohn Iohnson, The Academy of Love. Describing the Folly of Young-Men, and the Fallacie of Women., London: […] H[umphrey] Bluden, […], →OCLC, page 24:

     But ſuppoſe the pretendent curteſan bee but a phantaſme, a ſhadow, a meere maſſe of penury, like unto this decayed peece of miſery (pointing at me) what is your rule?

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾə.tənˈden]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾə.tənˈdent]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾe.tenˈdent]

Noun

pretendent m (plural pretendents, feminine pretendenta)

1. pretender

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French prétendant or German Prätendent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prɛˈtɛn.dɛnt/
• Rhymes: -ɛndɛnt
• Syllabification: pre‧ten‧dent

Noun

pretendent m pers (female equivalent pretendentka)

1. claimant, pretendant, pretender

Declension

Declension of pretendent

	singular	plural
nominative	pretendent	pretendenci/pretendenty (deprecative)
genitive	pretendenta	pretendentów
dative	pretendentowi	pretendentom
accusative	pretendenta	pretendentów
instrumental	pretendentem	pretendentami
locative	pretendencie	pretendentach
vocative	pretendencie	pretendenci

Derived terms

(adjective):

• pretendencki

Related terms

(verb):

• pretendować

Further reading

• pretendent in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pretendent in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French prétendant.

Noun

pretendent m (plural pretendenți)

1. pretender
2. suitor

Declension

Declension of pretendent

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	pretendent	pretendentul		pretendenți	pretendenții
genitive-dative	pretendent	pretendentului		pretendenți	pretendenților
vocative	pretendentule			pretendenților