podesta

== English == === Etymology === From Italian podesta, from Latin potestas (“power; powerful one”). Doublet of poustie. See potent. === Noun === podesta (plural podestas) (now historical) A chief magistrate of various Italian republics and city-states in the Middle Ages. [from 16th c.] 2022, Jane Stevenson, Siena, Head of Zeus, p. 65: Secular palaces, such as that of the Tolomei, were rented for municipal use, and officials such as the Podestà were found lodgings in others. (now historical) A municipal administrator during the Italian Fascist regime (1927–43). ==== Derived terms ==== podestaressa === Anagrams === toepads == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈpodɛsta] === Noun === podesta f staircase landing ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “podesta”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “podesta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “podesta”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin potestātem via the nominative form. Compare podestà, from the Latin accusative potestātem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /poˈdɛs.ta/ Rhymes: -ɛsta Hyphenation: po‧dè‧sta === Noun === podesta m or f (invariable) (archaic) synonym of podestà === Further reading === podesta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian podesta. === Noun === podesta m (uncountable) (obsolete, rare) podesta ==== Declension ==== === References === podesta in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN