mandat

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /mənˈdat/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /manˈdat/
• Rhymes: -at

mandat m (plural mandats)

1. mandate

Borrowed from Latin mandātum, from mandō (“put in one's hands, command”), from Proto-Indo-European *man- (“hand”) + *dhē- (“put”).

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃.da/

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• Hyphenation: man‧dat

mandat m (plural mandats)

1. mandate
2. postal order, money order
3. (law) power of attorney, proxy
4. (police) warrant
5. term in office

• “mandat” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• damant, damnât

mandat m (plural mandac)

1. mandate

mandat

1. third-person singular present active indicative of mandō

• IPA^(key): /ˈman.dat/

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mandat m inan

1. ticket, fine; document prepared by the police compelling the recipient to pay a fine for a misdemeanor or a traffic violation

   Właśnie dostałem mandat za złe parkowanie.

   I've just received a bad parking ticket.

2. (politics) seat; membership in an elected representative body, such as the parliament

   W ostatnich wyborach nasza partia zdobyła dwadzieścia mandatów.

   In the last election our party won twenty seats.

3. (politics, rare, singular only) mandate; authority granted by the electorate

   Rząd otrzymał silny mandat do zreformowania systemu opieki zdrowotnej.

   The government received a strong mandate to reform the healthcare system.

• IPA^(key): /mǎndaːt/
• Hyphenation: man‧dat

màndāt m (Cyrillic spelling ма̀нда̄т)

1. mandate
2. term (of office)

mandat n

1. mandate