Tyrant
//ˈtaɪɹənt//
Translations of "tyrant" (48 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Greek | τῠ́ρᾰννος(harsh and cruel ruler) | tŭ́rănnos | |
| Arabic | طَاغِيَة(harsh and cruel ruler) | ṭāḡiya | |
| Armenian | բռնակալ(harsh and cruel ruler), բռնապետ(harsh and cruel ruler) | bṙnakal, bṙnapet | |
| Avestan | 𐬯𐬁𐬯𐬙𐬀(harsh and cruel ruler) | sāsta | |
| Basque | tirano(harsh and cruel ruler) | — | |
| Breton | tirant(harsh and cruel ruler) | — | |
| Bulgarian | тира́н(harsh and cruel ruler) | tirán | |
| Catalan | dèspota(historical / Ancient Greece: usurper), tirana(harsh and cruel ruler), tirà(harsh and cruel ruler), tirà(person who abuses their power), tirà(person who uses violence to treat others unjustly) | — | |
| Chinese | 暴君(harsh and cruel ruler) | zh-min-nan | |
| Chinese Cantonese | 暴主(harsh and cruel ruler), 暴君(harsh and cruel ruler) | bou⁶ zyu², bou⁶ gwan¹ | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 暴主(harsh and cruel ruler), 暴君(harsh and cruel ruler), 桀紂 /桀纣(harsh and cruel ruler) | bàozhǔ, bàojūn, jiézhòu | |
| Cornish | turant(harsh and cruel ruler), turantes(harsh and cruel ruler) | — | |
| Czech | tyran(historical / Ancient Greece: usurper), tyran(harsh and cruel ruler) | — | |
| Danish | tyran(historical / Ancient Greece: usurper), tyran(harsh and cruel ruler) | — | |
| Dutch | tiran(harsh and cruel ruler), tiran(person who abuses their power) | — | |
| Esperanto | tiranino(person who abuses their power), tiraniĉo(person who abuses their power), tirano(harsh and cruel ruler), tirano(person who abuses their power), virtirano(person who abuses their power) | — | |
| Finnish | hallitsija(any monarch or governor), hirmuhallitsija(harsh and cruel ruler), tyranni(historical / Ancient Greece: usurper), tyranni(harsh and cruel ruler), tyranni(person who abuses their power), tyranni(person who uses violence to treat others unjustly) | — | |
| French | tyran(harsh and cruel ruler), tyran(person who abuses their power) | — | |
| Georgian | ტირანი(historical / Ancient Greece: usurper), ტირანი(harsh and cruel ruler), ტირანი(person who abuses their power) | ṭirani, ṭirani, ṭirani | |
| German | Tyrann(harsh and cruel ruler), Tyrann(person who abuses their power), Tyrannin(harsh and cruel ruler), Tyrannin(person who abuses their power) | — | |
| Greek | τύραννος(harsh and cruel ruler), τύραννος(person who abuses their power) | týrannos, týrannos | |
| Hindi | अधिनायक(harsh and cruel ruler) | adhināyak | |
| Hungarian | despota(harsh and cruel ruler), elnyomó(harsh and cruel ruler), kényúr(harsh and cruel ruler), zsarnok(harsh and cruel ruler), zsarnok(person who abuses their power) | — | |
| Ido | tiranino(person who abuses their power), tirano(person who abuses their power), tiranulo(person who abuses their power) | — | |
| Irish | aintiarna(harsh and cruel ruler), anlaith(harsh and cruel ruler), ansmachtaí(harsh and cruel ruler), ansmachtaí(person who abuses their power), tíoránach(harsh and cruel ruler) | — | |
| Italian | tiranna(harsh and cruel ruler), tiranno(harsh and cruel ruler), tiranno(person who abuses their power) | — | |
| Japanese | 暴君(harsh and cruel ruler) | bōkun | |
| Korean | 참주(harsh and cruel ruler), 폭군(harsh and cruel ruler) | chamju, pokgun | |
| Latin | tyrannus(harsh and cruel ruler), tyrannus(person who abuses their power) | — | |
| Macedonian | ти́ран(harsh and cruel ruler) | tíran | |
| Manx | tranlaasagh(harsh and cruel ruler), treanagh(harsh and cruel ruler), treanyder(harsh and cruel ruler), çhenjagh(harsh and cruel ruler) | — | |
| Middle English | tyraunt(historical / Ancient Greece: usurper), tyraunt(any monarch or governor), tyraunt(harsh and cruel ruler), tyraunt(person who abuses their power), tyraunt(person who uses violence to treat others unjustly) | — | |
| Middle French | tyran(harsh and cruel ruler) | — | |
| Norman | tyran(harsh and cruel ruler), tyran(person who abuses their power) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | tyrann(harsh and cruel ruler) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | tyrann(harsh and cruel ruler) | — | |
| Old French | tirant(harsh and cruel ruler) | — | |
| Persian | دشخدای(harsh and cruel ruler), ساستا(harsh and cruel ruler) | došxodāy, sâstâ | |
| Polish | autokrata(person who abuses their power), autokratka(person who abuses their power), tyran(harsh and cruel ruler), tyran(person who abuses their power) | — | |
| Portuguese | tirana(harsh and cruel ruler), tirano(harsh and cruel ruler), tirano(person who abuses their power) | — | |
| Romanian | tiran(harsh and cruel ruler), tirană(harsh and cruel ruler) | — | |
| Russian | деспот(harsh and cruel ruler), тира́н(historical / Ancient Greece: usurper), тира́н(harsh and cruel ruler), тира́н(person who abuses their power), тира́н(person who uses violence to treat others unjustly), тиранка(harsh and cruel ruler) | despot, tirán, tirán, tirán, tirán, tiranka | |
| Scottish Gaelic | aintighearna(harsh and cruel ruler) | — | |
| Spanish | tirana(harsh and cruel ruler), tirano(harsh and cruel ruler), tirano(person who abuses their power), tirano(person who uses violence to treat others unjustly) | — | |
| Swedish | best(person who abuses their power), tyrann(harsh and cruel ruler), tyrann(person who abuses their power) | — | |
| Turkish | tiran(harsh and cruel ruler) | — | |
| Vietnamese | bạo chúa(harsh and cruel ruler) | — | |
| Volapük | hitirenan(harsh and cruel ruler), hitirenan(person who abuses their power), jitirenan(harsh and cruel ruler), jitirenan(person who abuses their power), tirenan(harsh and cruel ruler), tirenan(person who abuses their power) | — |
tirano
tirant
dèspota, tirana, tirà, tirà, tirà
turant, turantes
tyran, tyran
tyran, tyran
tiran, tiran
tiranino, tiraniĉo, tirano, tirano, virtirano
hallitsija, hirmuhallitsija, tyranni, tyranni, tyranni, tyranni
tyran, tyran
Tyrann, Tyrann, Tyrannin, Tyrannin
despota, elnyomó, kényúr, zsarnok, zsarnok
tiranino, tirano, tiranulo
aintiarna, anlaith, ansmachtaí, ansmachtaí, tíoránach
tiranna, tiranno, tiranno
tyrannus, tyrannus
tranlaasagh, treanagh, treanyder, çhenjagh
tyraunt, tyraunt, tyraunt, tyraunt, tyraunt
tyran
tyran, tyran
tyrann
tyrann
tirant
autokrata, autokratka, tyran, tyran
tirana, tirano, tirano
tiran, tirană
aintighearna
tirana, tirano, tirano, tirano
best, tyrann, tyrann
tiran
bạo chúa
hitirenan, hitirenan, jitirenan, jitirenan, tirenan, tirenan
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