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Translate pontificate from English to French

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pontificate:
- pontificat
Wiktionary:
- pontificate → pontificat
- pontificate → pontifier
- pontificate → pontificat

English

Detailed Translations for pontificate from English to French

pontificate:

pontificate [the ~] nomen

the pontificate
le pontificat
- pontificat [le ~] nomen

Translation Matrix for pontificate:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
pontificat	pontificate
-	papacy
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	hold forth; pontify

Related Words for "pontificate":

pontificates, pontification

Synonyms for "pontificate":

papacy; government; authorities; regime
administer; administrate
talk; speak

Related Definitions for "pontificate":

the government of the Roman Catholic Church¹
talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner¹
- The new professor always pontificates¹
administer a pontifical office¹

Wiktionary Translations for pontificate:

pontificate

noun

state of a pontifex
- pontificate → pontificat

verb

preside as a bishop
- pontificate → pontifier
act like a pontiff
- pontificate → pontifier
speak in a patronizing, supercilious or pompous manner
- pontificate → pontifier

pontificate

noun

antiq|fr dignité de grand pontife.
- pontificat → pontificate

verb

rare|fr officier pontificalement.
- pontifier → pontificate

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• pontificate	→ pontificat	↔ Pontifikat — Amt, Amtszeit und Würde eines Pontifex, heute insbesondere: Amt und Amtszeit der Papst

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