"puissance" meaning in Old French

See puissance in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: puissance oblique singular or [canonical, feminine], puissances [oblique, plural], puissance [nominative, singular], puissances [nominative, plural]
Etymology: From puissant, pussant. Head templates: {{fro-noun|f}} puissance oblique singular, f (oblique plural puissances, nominative singular puissance, nominative plural puissances)
  1. power; ability; authority
    Sense id: en-puissance-fro-noun-mJxLPy4c Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 7 22 1 10 5 28 14 12
  2. might; strength
    Sense id: en-puissance-fro-noun-GtBz8Jdn Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 7 22 1 10 5 28 14 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: poiessance, poixance, possance, poxance, poissance, poissanche, poussance, puissence, puissaunce, pusance, pusaunce, pussance, pussaunce

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for puissance meaning in Old French (1.8kB)

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