"despote" meaning in French

See despote in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dɛs.pɔt/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-despote.wav Forms: despotes [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δεσπότης (despótēs). Etymology templates: {{lbor|fr|grc|δεσπότης}} Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δεσπότης (despótēs) Head templates: {{fr-noun|mfbysense}} despote m or f by sense (plural despotes)
  1. despot Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-despote-fr-noun-420oOwFE Categories (other): French masculine and feminine nouns by sense Disambiguation of French masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 45 55
  2. tyrant Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-despote-fr-noun-yAhE-UeQ Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French masculine and feminine nouns by sense, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of French masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: despotiquement, despotique, despotisme

Inflected forms

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