German

Noun

Mandat n ‎(genitive Mandats or Mandates, plural Mandate)

1. mandate (official command)

Declension

Catalan

Noun

mandat m ‎(plural mandats)

1. mandate

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mandat m ‎(plural mandats)

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

Anagrams

• damant, damnât

Ladin

Noun

mandat m ‎(plural mandac)

1. mandate

Latin

Verb

mandat

1. third-person singular present active indicative of mandō

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈman.dat/

Noun

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.

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

màndāt m ‎(Cyrillic spelling ма̀нда̄т)

1. mandate
2. term (of office)

Declension

Swedish

Noun

mandat n

1. mandate

Declension