"prefect" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpɹiːfɛkt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prefect.wav [Southern-England] Forms: prefects [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English prefect and prefecte, from Old French prefect (Mod. French préfet), from Latin praefectus (“one placed in charge, overseer, director, prefect”), from praeficere (“to place in charge”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}}, {{inh|en|enm|prefect}} Middle English prefect, {{m|enm|prefecte}} prefecte, {{der|en|fro|prefect}} Old French prefect, {{m|fr|préfet}} préfet, {{der|en|la|praefectus||one placed in charge, overseer, director, prefect}} Latin praefectus (“one placed in charge, overseer, director, prefect”), {{m|la|praeficiō|praeficere|to place in charge}} praeficere (“to place in charge”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} prefect (plural prefects)
  1. (historical) An official of Ancient Rome who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Ancient Rome, People Synonyms (Roman office): provost [obsolete] Translations (an official of ancient Rome): ἔπαρχος (éparkhos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), префект (prefekt) [masculine] (Bulgarian), prefekti (Finnish), préfet [masculine] (French), Präfekt [masculine] (German), prefetto [masculine] (Italian), praefectus (Latin), piriwheke (Maori), prefeito [masculine] (Portuguese), префе́кт (prefékt) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-prefect-en-noun-ZInSQgji Disambiguation of Ancient Rome: 92 0 3 1 4 0 Disambiguation of People: 32 0 8 0 21 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with pre- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 3 3 5 17 1 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 74 1 4 4 16 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 82 1 3 3 11 1 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 39 4 8 15 26 7 Disambiguation of 'Roman office': 40 24 13 7 9 8 Disambiguation of 'an official of ancient Rome': 95 0 2 0 3 0
  2. The head of a department in France.
    Sense id: en-prefect-en-noun-dP6YamYt
  3. The head of a county in Albania or Romania.
    Sense id: en-prefect-en-noun-1JZmv87b
  4. The head of a prefecture in Japan.
    Sense id: en-prefect-en-noun-~e0OWpfI
  5. (British) A school pupil in a position of power over other pupils. Tags: British Categories (topical): Education, People Translations (a school pupil in a position of power over other pupils): 風紀 (Chinese Cantonese), 风纪 (fung¹ gei²) (Chinese Cantonese), 級長 (Chinese Mandarin), 级长 (jízhǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), valvojaoppilas (Finnish), maor [masculine] (Irish), capoclasse [masculine] (Italian), piriwheke (Maori), dyżurny [masculine] (Polish), dyżurna [feminine] (Polish), ста́роста (stárosta) (alt: кла́сса) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), swyddog [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-prefect-en-noun--UriLcyw Disambiguation of Education: 0 0 0 0 100 0 Disambiguation of People: 32 0 8 0 21 40 Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of 'a school pupil in a position of power over other pupils': 6 3 2 2 86 1
  6. A commander. Categories (topical): People Translations (a commander): preposto [masculine] (Italian), capo [masculine] (Italian), praepositus (Latin), Launtsrot [masculine] (Plautdietsch), руководи́тель (rukovodítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-prefect-en-noun-wWWRlpPA Disambiguation of People: 32 0 8 0 21 40 Disambiguation of 'a commander': 2 1 2 2 2 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: præfect [archaic], praefect Related terms: prefecture Translations (the head of a prefecture, whether a Japanese prefecture, French department, or Balkan county): prefekt [masculine] (Albanian), prefekt [masculine] (Czech), prefekti (Finnish), préfet [masculine] (French), Präfekt [masculine] (German), prefetto [masculine] (Italian), praefectus [masculine] (Latin), prefeito [masculine] (Portuguese), префе́кт (prefékt) [masculine] (Russian), prèfekt [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)
Disambiguation of 'the head of a prefecture, whether a Japanese prefecture, French department, or Balkan county': 19 33 32 14 2 1

Noun [Romanian]

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin praefectus. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|ro|la|praefectus|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin praefectus, {{bor+|ro|la|praefectus}} Borrowed from Latin praefectus Head templates: {{ro-noun|m|prefecți}} prefect m (plural prefecți) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun|g=m|gpd=prefecților|gpi=prefecți|gsd=prefectului|gsi=prefect|n=|npd=prefecții|npi=prefecți|nsd=prefectul|nsi=prefect|vp=prefecților|vs=prefectule|vs2=}} Forms: prefecți [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], prefect [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], un prefect [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], prefectul [accusative, definite, nominative, singular], prefecți [accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural], niște prefecți [accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural], prefecții [accusative, definite, nominative, plural], prefect [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], unui prefect [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], prefectului [dative, definite, genitive, singular], prefecți [dative, genitive, indefinite, plural], unor prefecți [dative, genitive, indefinite, plural], prefecților [dative, definite, genitive, plural], prefectule [singular, vocative], prefecților [plural, vocative]
  1. prefect (head of county in Romania) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-prefect-ro-noun-G3JdmTuT Categories (other): Romanian entries with incorrect language header

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        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "un prefect",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prefectul",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prefecți",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niște prefecți",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prefecții",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prefect",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unui prefect",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prefectului",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prefecți",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unor prefecți",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prefecților",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prefectule",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prefecților",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "prefecți"
      },
      "expansion": "prefect m (plural prefecți)",
      "name": "ro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "gpd": "prefecților",
        "gpi": "prefecți",
        "gsd": "prefectului",
        "gsi": "prefect",
        "n": "",
        "npd": "prefecții",
        "npi": "prefecți",
        "nsd": "prefectul",
        "nsi": "prefect",
        "vp": "prefecților",
        "vs": "prefectule",
        "vs2": ""
      },
      "name": "ro-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Romanian countable nouns",
        "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Romanian lemmas",
        "Romanian masculine nouns",
        "Romanian nouns",
        "Romanian nouns with red links in their headword lines",
        "Romanian terms borrowed from Latin",
        "Romanian terms derived from Latin"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "prefect (head of county in Romania)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prefect",
          "prefect#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "prefect"
}

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