triumvirate

See also: Triumvirate

English

Etymology

From Latin triumvīrātus, from triumvirī (“triumvirs”) + -ātus (“-ate”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

triumvirate (plural triumvirates)

1. An official group of three people, especially a ruling council of three men and particularly (historical) two such councils in Roman history.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:government

Coordinate terms

• See Thesaurus:government

Related terms

• triumvir
• triumviral

Translations

a ruling group of three

• Bulgarian: триумвира́т m (triumvirát)
• Catalan: triumvirat (ca) m
• Dutch: triumviraat (nl), driemanschap (nl)
• Estonian: triumviraat
• Faroese: trímannaveldi n
• Finnish: triumviraatti (fi), troikka (fi), kolmikko (fi)
• French: triumvirat (fr) m, troïka (fr)
• Georgian: ტრიუმვირატი (ṭriumviraṭi)
• German: Triumvirat (de) n
• Greek: τρίο (el) n (trío)
• Hungarian: triumvirátus (hu)
• Ido: troika (io)
• Irish: triúracht (ga) f
• Italian: triunvirato m
• Polish: triumwirat (pl) m
• Portuguese: triunvirato (pt) m, troica (pt)
• Russian: триумвира́т (ru) m (triumvirát), тро́йка (ru) f (trójka), три́о (ru) n (trío)
• Slovene: triumvirat m
• Spanish: triunvirato (es) m
• Swedish: triumvirat (sv) n
• Tagalog: tatpuno
• Turkish: üçlü (tr), troyka (tr)
• Ukrainian: тріумвіра́т m (triumvirát)
• Volapük: kilman