# tyran
## English
### Noun

tyran (plural tyrans)
* Obsolete form of tyrant.
** 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “October. Ægloga Decima.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC:Lordly love is such a tyranne fell.

### Verb

tyran (third-person singular simple present tyrans, present participle tyranning, simple past and past participle tyranned)
* (obsolete, transitive) To act tyrannically towards.

### References

* “tyran”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* ATryn, Taryn, ranty, tryna

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtɪran]

### Noun

tyran m anim
* tyrant (a leader in many Ancient Greek city states)
* tyrant (an unjust and cruel leader)

#### Related terms

* tyranie
* tyranizovat
* tyranský

#### See also

* krutovládce
* despota
* diktátor
* utiskovatel
* utlačovatel

### Further reading

* “tyran”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “tyran”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “tyran”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Danish
### Etymology

Via Latin tyrannus from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tˢyˈʁɑnˀ], [tˢyˈʁɑn], [tˢyˈʁɑˀn]

### Noun

tyran c (singular definite tyrannen, plural indefinite tyranner)
* (historical) tyrant (a leader in many Ancient Greek city states)
* tyrant (an unjust and cruel leader)

#### Declension
## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle French tyran, borrowed from Latin tyrannus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos). Replaced Old French tirant.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ti.ʁɑ̃/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: tirant, tyrans

### Noun

tyran m (plural tyrans, feminine tyranne or tyrane)
* tyrant
* bully

#### Related terms

* tyrannie
* tyrannique
* tyranniser

### Further reading

* “tyran”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Middle English
### Noun

tyran
* Alternative form of tyraunt

## Middle French
### Noun

tyran m (plural tyrans)
* tyrant

## Norman
### Etymology

From Old French tirant, from Latin tyrannus (“ruler, monarch; tyrant, despot”), from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos, “lord, master, sovereign, tyrant”).

### Noun

tyran m (plural tyrans)
* (Jersey) tyrant

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin tyrannus, from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos). Doublet of tyrania and tyranozaur.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɘ.ran/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɘran
* Syllabification: ty‧ran

### Noun

tyran m pers (female equivalent tyranka, diminutive tyranek)
* tyrant (oppressive and harsh person)
    Synonyms: autokrata, despota, dzierżymorda, satrapa
* (politics) tyrant (harsh and cruel ruler)
* (Ancient Greece, historical, politics) tyrant (usurper; one who gains power and rules extralegally, distinguished from kings elevated by election or succession)

#### Declension
### Noun

tyran m animal
* tyrant flycatcher

#### Derived terms

* tyraniczny
* tyrański
* tyraństwo
* styranizować pf
* tyranizować impf

#### Related terms

* tyrańsko
* tyrania

### Further reading

* tyran in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* tyran in Polish dictionaries at PWN