Meaning

7 senses
  1. A monarch: a supreme ruler of a country in a monarchical system.

    Souverän, Herrscher

    сувере́нsuverén, госуда́рьgosudárʹ, госуда́рыняgosudárynja

    сувере́нsuverén, госуда́рhosudár, волода́рvolodár

  2. One who is not a subject to a ruler or nation.

    a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right

  3. A gold coin of the United Kingdom, with a nominal value of one pound sterling but in practice used as a bullion coin.

  4. A former Australian gold coin, minted from 1855–1931, of one pound value.

    со́веренsóveren

  5. A very large champagne bottle with the capacity of about 25 liters, equivalent to 33+¹⁄₃ standard bottles.

  6. Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalini, or genus Basilarchia, eg., ursula, viceroy.

  7. (UK, slang)A large, garish ring; a sovereign ring.

Examples

42 sentences
  1. Zelenskyy is an elected president of a sovereign country.

    Зеленський — обраний президент суверенної країни.

    ruЗеленский — избранный президент суверенной страны.

    deSelenskyj ist der gewählte Präsident eines souveränen Landes.

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  2. Ukraine is a sovereign country.

    Україна — суверенна країна.

    ruУкраина — суверенная страна.

    deDie Ukraine ist ein souveränes Land.

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  3. Algeria is a fully sovereign state.

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  4. Algeria is a recognized sovereign nation.

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  5. The sovereign completely recovered from his illness.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
monarch:
Русский
By meaning 2
monarch:
coin:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
monarch:

Origin

From Middle English sovereyn, from Old French soverain (whence also modern French souverai

From Middle English sovereyn, from Old French soverain (whence also modern French souverain), from Vulgar Latin *superānus (compare Italian sovrano, Spanish soberano) from Latin super (“above”). Spelling influenced by folk-etymology association with reign. Doublet of soprano, from the same Latin root via Italian. Doublet of souverain. See also suzerain, foreign.

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Forms

plural: sovereigns

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

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