triumvir

English

Etymology

A Middle English back-formation from triumvirate.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tɹaɪˈʌm.və/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /tɹaɪˈʌm.vəɹ/

Noun

triumvir (plural triumviri or triumvirs)

1. One member of a triumvirate

Related terms

• triumviral
• decemvir
• centumvir

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: triumviri (fi)
• German: Triumvir (de) m

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

triumvir m (plural triumvirs)

1. triumvir

Further reading

• “triumvir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Etymology

From trium (“of three”) + vir (“man”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /triˈum.u̯ir/, [t̪riˈʊmu̯ɪr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /triˈum.vir/, [t̪riˈumvir]

Noun

triumvir m (genitive triumvirī); second declension

1. triumvir, whether (formally) a member of an official three-man commission or (informal) a member of a three-man junta or other group.

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -r).

	singular	plural
nominative	triumvir	triumvirī
genitive	triumvirī	triumvirōrum
dative	triumvirō	triumvirīs
accusative	triumvirum	triumvirōs
ablative	triumvirō	triumvirīs
vocative	triumvir	triumvirī

Hyponyms

• triumvir monetalis

References

• “triumvir”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “triumvir”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• triumvir in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Occitan

Noun

triumvir m (plural triumvirs)

1. triumvir

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 699.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin triumvir or French triumvir.

Noun

triumvir m (plural triumviri)

1. triumvir

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	triumvir	triumvirul		triumviri	triumvirii
genitive-dative	triumvir	triumvirului		triumviri	triumvirilor
vocative	triumvirule			triumvirilor

Further reading

• triumvir in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)