interregnum

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin interrēgnum. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˌɪntəɹˈɹɛɡnəm/ === Noun === interregnum (plural interregnums or interregna) The period of time between the end of a sovereign or political leader's reign and the accession of another. (politics) A period of time during which normal executive leadership is suspended or interrupted. (by extension) An intermission in any order of succession; any breach of continuity in action or influence. (Christianity) the period of time between when a minister or pastor leaves a church and when a new one is installed ==== Synonyms ==== (breach of continuity in action): hiatus, moratorium, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause ==== Derived terms ==== interregnal ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== regency === References === “interregnum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “interregnum”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin interrēgnum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɪn.təˈrɛɣ.nʏm/ === Noun === interregnum n (plural interregna or interregnums, diminutive interregnumpje n) interregnum ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== →? Indonesian: interegnum (or directly from the Latin) == Latin == === Etymology === From inter- (“between”) +‎ rēgnum (“reign”), corresponding to interrēx. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪn.tɛrˈreːŋ.nũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [in.terˈrɛɲ.ɲum] === Noun === interrēgnum n (genitive interrēgnī); second declension interregnum ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: interregne → Dutch: interregnum→? Indonesian: interegnum (or directly from the Latin) → English: interregnum → French: interrègne → English: interreign → German: Interregnum → Italian: interregno → Norwegian Bokmål: interregno → Portuguese: interregno → Romanian: interregn → Spanish: interregno === References === “interregnum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “interregnum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "interregnum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co. “interregnum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === interregnum n (definite singular interregnumet or interregnet, indefinite plural interregna or interregner, definite plural interregnaene or interregna or interregnene) an interregnum == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === interregnum n (definite singular interregnumet, indefinite plural interregnum, definite plural interregnuma) an interregnum ==== Inflection ==== == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin interrēgnum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /in.tɛrˈrɛɡ.num/ Rhymes: -ɛɡnum Syllabification: in‧ter‧reg‧num === Noun === interregnum n interregnum (period of time between the end of a sovereign's reign and the accession of another sovereign) Synonyms: bezkrólewie, międzykrólewie interregnum (period of time during which normal executive leadership is suspended or interrupted) Synonym: bezkrólewie (Ancient Rome, historical) interregnum (period of time between consuls' terms of office) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === interregnum in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN interregnum in Polish dictionaries at PWN interregnum in PWN's encyclopedia