putere

== Latin == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== pūtēre inflection of pūteō: present active infinitive second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== putēre second-person singular present passive subjunctive of putō == Romanian == === Etymology === From putea (“be able to”) +‎ -re; from Vulgar Latin potēre, from Latin posse (“can, be able to”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /puˈte.re/ Rhymes: -ere Hyphenation: pu‧te‧re === Noun === putere f (plural puteri) (in most senses uncountable) strength (of a being or otherwise) Synonym: forță cu putere ― powerfully, forcefully power (faculty of doing) a sta în puterea cuiva ― to be within someone’s power power (effectiveness) putere vindecătoare ― healing power power (jurisdiction) Synonym: autoritate (geopolitics, countable) power (strong nation) (military, now uncommon) forces (arithmetic) power a ridica la putere ― to raise to a power (mechanics) power (mechanics, obsolete) synonym of forță (“force”) (now uncommon) the dead of (the time of greatest intensity) Synonym: toi în puterea nopții ― in the dead of night (Christianity, in the plural) powers (level of angel) (obsolete) synonym of putință (“possibility, way”) (obsolete) a power of (a large amount of) [with de ‘of’] (obsolete) material means (wealth) Synonym: mijloace (countable, chiefly in the plural, obsolete) miracle ==== Usage notes ==== Senses 1, 2 and 3 may also be used in the plural for effect. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “putere”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026 Iorgu Iordan, Alexandru Graur, Ion Coteanu, editors (1978), Dicționarul Limbii Române‎[1], volume 8, part 5, Bucharest: Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania, pages 1839–1845 === Anagrams === erupte