English Explanatory Dictionary

presidium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A permanent executive committee, used primarily in Communist countries, with the power to act for a larger governing body when the latter is in recess.
  2. Such an executive committee headed by the President of the Supreme Soviet.

Pronunciation

/pɹɪˈsɪdi.əm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-presidium.wav

Word forms

presidium presidia presidiums praesidium

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian прези́диум (prezídium), from Latin praesidium. Doublet of praesidium and presidio.

Related words

presidio

Translations

Southern Altai: тӧрги Armenian: նախագահություն Azerbaijani: prezidium Belarusian: прэзі́дыум Belarusian: прэзы́дыум Bulgarian: прези́диум Chinese Mandarin: 主席團 /主席团 Czech: předsednictvo Czech: prezidium Danish: præsidium Dutch: presidium Estonian: presiidium Finnish: puhemiehistö Finnish: puheenjohtajisto French: présidium Georgian: პრეზიდიუმი German: Präsidium Greek: προεδρείο Hungarian: elnökség Hungarian: prezídium Japanese: 幹部会 Kazakh: төралқа Khmer: គណៈប្រធាន Korean: 간부회 Kyrgyz: президиум Latvian: prezidijs Lithuanian: prezidiumas Macedonian: президиум Macedonian: претседателство Manx: ard-choyrle Norwegian Bokmål: presidium Pannonian Rusyn: предсидательство Polish: prezydium Romanian: prezidiu Russian: прези́диум Serbo-Croatian: пре́дседнӣштво Serbo-Croatian: пре́дсједнӣштво Serbo-Croatian: prédsednīštvo Serbo-Croatian: prédsjednīštvo Slovak: prezídium Slovene: predsedstvo Spanish: presídium Swedish: presidium Thai: เปรซิเดียม Thai: คณะผู้บริหารสูงสุด Ukrainian: прези́дія Uzbek: prezidium Vietnamese: chủ tịch đoàn Vietnamese: đoàn chủ tịch
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