"suzerain" meaning in French

See suzerain in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /syz.ʁɛ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-suzerain.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-suzerain.wav Forms: suzeraine [feminine], suzerains [masculine, plural], suzeraines [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French suserain, suzerain, derived from sus (“on top, above”) by analogy with soverain. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|suserain|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French suserain, {{inh+|fr|fro|suserain}} Inherited from Old French suserain Head templates: {{fr-adj}} suzerain (feminine suzeraine, masculine plural suzerains, feminine plural suzeraines)
  1. (relational) suzerain Tags: relational Derived forms: suzerainement Coordinate_terms: vassal
    Sense id: en-suzerain-fr-adj-v1IXEDOS

Noun

IPA: /syz.ʁɛ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-suzerain.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-suzerain.wav Forms: suzerains [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French suserain, suzerain, derived from sus (“on top, above”) by analogy with soverain. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|suserain|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French suserain, {{inh+|fr|fro|suserain}} Inherited from Old French suserain Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} suzerain m (plural suzerains)
  1. suzerain, liege lord, feudal lord Tags: masculine Coordinate_terms: vassal
    Sense id: en-suzerain-fr-noun-kxlOzZWT Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 37 13 2 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 13 1 51 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 2 98

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