sovereignty

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman sovereyneté, from Old French souveraineté, from soverain.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒv.ɹən.ti/, /ˈsɒv.ɹɪn.ti/

Noun

sovereignty (countable and uncountable, plural sovereignties)

(of a polity) The state of making laws and controlling resources without the coercion of other nations.
(of a ruler) Supreme authority over all things.
(of a person) The liberty to decide one's thoughts and actions.

Synonyms

(political independence): nationhood, nationality, independence, autarchy

Translations

of a nation: the state of making laws and controlling resources without the coercion of other nations.

Albanian: sovranitet (sq) m
Arabic: سِيَادَة‎‎ f (siyāda)
Armenian: ինքնիշխանություն (hy) (inkʿnišxanutʿyun)
Asturian: soberanía f
Azerbaijani: suverenlik, müstəqillik (az)
Belarusian: суверэнітэ́т m (suvjerenitét)
Bulgarian: суверените́т m (suverenitét)
Burmese: အချုပ်အခြာအာဏာ (my) (a.hkyup-a.hkraana)
Catalan: sobirania f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 主權, 主权 (zyu² kyun⁴)

Mandarin: 主權 (zh), 主权 (zh) (zhǔquán)
Czech: svrchovanost f, suverenita f
Danish: suverænitet c
Dutch: soevereiniteit (nl) f
Estonian: suveräänsus
Finnish: suvereenisuus (fi), suvereniteetti (fi)
French: souveraineté (fr) f
Galician: soberanía (gl) f
Georgian: სუვერენიტეტი (suvereniṭeṭi)
German: Souveränität (de) f, Hoheit (de) f
Greek: κυριαρχία (el) f (kyriarchía)
Hebrew: ריבונות \ רִבּוֹנוּת‎‎ (ribonút), סוּבֶרֶנִיּוּת‎‎ (suvereniyút)
Hindi: संप्रभुता (samprabhutā), प्रभुता (hi) (prabhutā)
Icelandic: fullveldi (is) n
Indonesian: kedaulatan (id)
Irish: ardcheannas m, ceannas m, flaithiúnas m
Italian: sovranità (it) f
Japanese: 主権 (ja) (しゅけん, shuken)
Kazakh: егемендік (egemendik)
Khmer: អធិបតេយ្យ (km) (ʾaʾthɨppaʾtay)
Korean: 주권 (ko) (jugwon) (主權 (ko))
Kurdish:
Sorani: فه‌رمان ڕه‌وایی‎‎

Kyrgyz: суверенитет (ky) (suverenitet), эгемендүүлүк (egemendüülük)
Lao: ອະທິປະໄຕ (’a thi pa tai)
Latvian: suverenitāte f
Lithuanian: suverenitetas (lt) m
Macedonian: сувереност f (suverenost), суверените́т m (suverenitét)
Malay: kedaulatan
Mongolian: суверенитет (suverenitet)
Navajo: akʼídádéestʼį́į́ʼ
Norwegian:
Bokmål: suverenitet (no) m

Nynorsk: suverenitet m
Pashto: حاکميت‎‎ (ps) m (hākemyát, hākәmyát)
Persian: حاکمیت‎‎ (fa) (hâkemiyyat)
Polish: suwerenność (pl) f
Portuguese: soberania (pt) f
Romanian: suveranitate (ro) f
Russian: суверените́т (ru) m (suverenitét)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: суверенитет m

Roman: suverenitet (sh) m
Slovak: suverenita f
Slovene: suverenost f
Spanish: soberanía (es) f
Swedish: självständighet (sv) c, oavhängighet (sv) c, suveränitet (sv) c
Tagalog: kahigpunuan, soberanya
Tajik: ҳокимият (hokimiyat)
Thai: อธิปไตย (th) (à-tí-bpà-dtai)
Turkish: egemenlik (tr), hükümranlık (tr), hâkimiyet (tr)
Turkmen: suwerenitet
Ukrainian: сувереніте́т (uk) m (suverenitét)
Uyghur: ئىگىلىك ھوقۇقى‎‎ (igilik hoquqi)
Uzbek: suverenitet (uz), mustaqillik (uz)
Vietnamese: chủ quyền (vi) (主權)

of ruler or God: supreme authority over all things

Catalan: sobirania f
Finnish: yksinvaltius
Galician: soberanía (gl) f
German: Souveränität (de) f
Irish: ardcheannas m, flaitheas m (religion), flaithiúnas m (politics)

Italian: onnipotenza (it) f
Manx: ard-reeriaght f
Maori: rangatiratanga
Portuguese: autoridade (pt) f, soberania (pt) f
Turkish: mutlak güç

of self: the liberty to decide one's thoughts and actions

Catalan: sobirania f
Finnish: yksilönvapaus (fi), suvereniteetti (fi)
German: Souveränität (de) f

Irish: ceannas m
Italian: arbitrio (it) m
Portuguese: arbítrio (pt) m

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