"puissance" meaning in French

See puissance in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pɥi.sɑ̃s/ Audio: Fr-puissance.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-puissance.wav [France, Vosges] Forms: puissances [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑ̃s Etymology: Inherited from Middle French puissance, derived from Old French puissant. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|puissance|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French puissance, {{inh+|fr|frm|puissance}} Inherited from Middle French puissance, {{inh|fr|fro|puissant}} Old French puissant Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} puissance f (plural puissances)
  1. power (physical or figuratively) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-puissance-fr-noun-729Up0le
  2. dominion (state within the British Empire) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-puissance-fr-noun-MdAGfHY- Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French prepositions Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 15 55 30 Disambiguation of French prepositions: 7 46 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: en puissance, grande puissance, puissance de feu, puissance mondiale, puissance nucléaire Related terms: pouvoir
Categories (other): Physics Disambiguation of Physics: 0 0 0

Preposition

IPA: /pɥi.sɑ̃s/ Audio: Fr-puissance.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-puissance.wav [France, Vosges]
Rhymes: -ɑ̃s Etymology: Inherited from Middle French puissance, derived from Old French puissant. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|puissance|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French puissance, {{inh+|fr|frm|puissance}} Inherited from Middle French puissance, {{inh|fr|fro|puissant}} Old French puissant Head templates: {{fr-prep}} puissance
  1. (mathematics) to the power of
    Sense id: en-puissance-fr-prep-wauPbtwY Categories (other): Mathematics, French prepositions Disambiguation of French prepositions: 7 46 47 Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Physics Disambiguation of Physics: 0 0 0

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