potent

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin potens, potentem (“powerful, strong, potent”), present participle of posse (“to be able”), from potis (“able, powerful, originally a lord, master”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

potent (comparative more potent, superlative most potent)

  1. Possessing strength.
    a potent argument
    • 1914, Louis Joseph Vance, Nobody, chapter I:
      Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence.
  2. Being effective, causing body effects.
    a potent medicine
  3. Having a sharp or offensive taste.
  4. (of a male) Able to procreate.
  5. Very powerful or effective.

Translations

causing body effect

Noun

potent (plural potents)

  1. (heraldry) A heraldic fur formed by a regular tessellation of blue and white T shapes.
  2. (obsolete) A prince; a potentate.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
  3. (obsolete) A staff or crutch.

Antonyms

Derived terms

Further reading

  • potent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • potent in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin potens, potentem.

Adjective

potent (feminine potenta, masculine plural potents, feminine plural potentes)

  1. powerful
  2. potent (capable of sexual intercourse)

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poˈtɛnt/

Adjective

potent (comparative potenter, superlative am potentsten)

  1. potent

Declension

Comparative forms of potent
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist potenter sie ist potenter es ist potenter sie sind potenter
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative potenterer potentere potenteres potentere
genitive potenteren potenterer potenteren potenterer
dative potenterem potenterer potenterem potenteren
accusative potenteren potentere potenteres potentere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der potentere die potentere das potentere die potenteren
genitive des potenteren der potenteren des potenteren der potenteren
dative dem potenteren der potenteren dem potenteren den potenteren
accusative den potenteren die potentere das potentere die potenteren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein potenterer eine potentere ein potenteres (keine) potenteren
genitive eines potenteren einer potenteren eines potenteren (keiner) potenteren
dative einem potenteren einer potenteren einem potenteren (keinen) potenteren
accusative einen potenteren eine potentere ein potenteres (keine) potenteren

Derived terms

Latin

Verb

pōtent

  1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of pōtō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin potens, potentem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poˈtent/

Adjective

potent m, n (feminine singular potentă, masculine plural potenți, feminine and neuter plural potente)

  1. (literary) potent, strong, vigorous, virile

Declension

Swedish

Adjective

potent

  1. potent, being effective in small quantities.

Declension

Inflection of potent
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular potent mer potent mest potent
Neuter singular potent mer potent mest potent
Plural potenta mer potenta mest potenta
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 potente mer potente mest potente
All potenta mer potenta mest potenta
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
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