intendant

== English == === Etymology === Originally and usually from French intendant, but translating Spanish or Chinese equivalents in some contexts. === Noun === intendant (plural intendants) (UK) The administrator of an opera house or theater. (dated) One who has the charge, direction, or management of some public business; a superintendent. an intendant of finance A governor in various specific contexts, including certain South American countries, and historically in the kingdoms of Spain, Portugal, and France, and in imperial China. ==== Synonyms ==== (governor): governor; see also circuit intendant (Chinese) ==== Derived terms ==== === Adjective === intendant (comparative more intendant, superlative most intendant) (obsolete) Attentive. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.dɑ̃/ === Noun === intendant m (plural intendants) intendant, administrator quartermaster === Further reading === “intendant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Verb === intendant third-person plural present active subjunctive of intendō == Romanian == === Noun === intendant m (plural intendanți) alternative form of intendent ==== Declension ====