interregnum

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin interrēgnum, from inter- (prefix meaning ‘between’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér (“between”)) + rēgnum (“reign; royal power”) (nominalized from the neuter of *rēgnus, from rēx (“king; ruler”, oblique stem rēg-) + -nus (suffix forming adjectives), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to righten; to straighten”)). The plural form interregna is a learned borrowing from Latin interrēgna. === Pronunciation === Singular: (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪntəˈɹɛɡnəm/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɪntəɹˈɹɛɡnəm/ Rhymes: -ɛɡnəm Hyphenation: in‧ter‧reg‧num Plural (interregna): (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪntəˈɹɛɡnə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɪntəɹˈɹɛɡnə/ Hyphenation: in‧ter‧reg‧na === Noun === interregnum (plural interregnums or interregna) A period of time between the end of one monarch's reign and the accession of their successor. (by extension) (figurative) A break in continuity; a gap, an intermission. Synonyms: hiatus, interval, moratorium, pause, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause (Christianity) A period of time between when a minister or pastor leaves a church and when a new one is installed. (politics) A period of time between the end of one political leader's term and the start of the term of their successor; a period of time during which normal executive leadership is interrupted or suspended, and a polity is either left without leadership or has only a temporary one. (obsolete) A temporary exercise of authority or rule during a period of time when there is no monarch or political leader. ==== Derived terms ==== interregnal ==== Related terms ==== interreign (archaic) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== regency === References === === Further reading === interregnum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “interregnum”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “interregnum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →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