sufragan

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French suffragant, from Old French suffragam, from Latin suffrāgium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sufˈra.ɡan/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɡan
• Syllabification: suf‧ra‧gan

Noun

sufragan m pers

1. (Roman Catholicism) suffragan bishop (bishop leading a diocese within an ecclesiastical province other than the principal diocese, the metropolitan archdiocese)
2. (Anglicanism) suffragan bishop (bishop who is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop (bishop ordinary) and so is not normally jurisdictional in their role)

Declension

Declension of sufragan

	singular	plural
nominative	sufragan	sufragani/sufragany (deprecative)
genitive	sufragana	sufraganów
dative	sufraganowi	sufraganom
accusative	sufragana	sufraganów
instrumental	sufraganem	sufraganami
locative	sufraganie	sufraganach
vocative	sufraganie	sufragani

Derived terms

nouns

• sufraganat
• sufragania

 

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French suffragant or German Suffragan.

Adjective

sufragan m or n (feminine singular sufragană, masculine plural sufragani, feminine and neuter plural sufragane)

1. suffragan

Declension

Declension of sufragan

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	sufragan		sufragană	sufragani	sufragane
	definite	sufraganul		sufragana	sufraganii	sufraganele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	sufragan		sufragane	sufragani	sufragane
	definite	sufraganului		sufraganei	sufraganilor	sufraganelor

References

• sufragan in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Verb

sufragan

1. third-person plural present indicative of sufragar