# mandat
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mandātum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [mənˈdat]
* IPA: (Valencia) [manˈdat]
* Rhymes: -at

### Noun

mandat m (plural mandats)
* writ, warrant, order
* mandate
* (law) power of attorney
* (political science) term

#### Derived terms

* límit de mandat
* mandatari

#### Related terms

* mandant

### Further reading

* “mandat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mandātum, from mandō (“put in one's hands, command”), from Proto-Indo-European *man- (“hand”) + *dʰeh₁- (“put”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɑ̃.da/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: man‧dat

### Noun

mandat m (plural mandats)
* mandate
* postal order, money order
* (law) power of attorney, proxy
* (police) warrant
* term (of office)
** 1852, Constitution faite en vertu des pouvoirs délégués par le Peuple français à Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte Par le vote des 20 et 21 décembre 1851 [Constitution Made by Virtue of the Powers Delegated by the French People to Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte by the Vote of 20 and 21 December 1851], Paris: Imprimerie Schneider, page 21:Si le président de la République meurt avant l’expiration de son mandat, le Sénat convoque la Nation pour procéder à une nouvelle élection.If the President of the Republic dies prior to the expiry of his term, the Senate [shall] convoke the Nation for carrying out a new election.

#### Derived terms

* cumul des mandats
* mandat d’arrêt
* mandat de perquisition

#### Descendants

* → Ottoman Turkish: ماندا (manda)
** Turkish: manda

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* damant, damnât

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch mandaat, from Middle Dutch mandaet, from Old French mandat, from Latin mandātum.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈmandat/ [ˈman.dat̪̚]
* Rhymes: -andat
* Syllabification: man‧dat

### Noun

mandat (plural mandat-mandat)
* mandate (official command)
* mandate (the authority to do something or to act)
    Synonym: wewenang

#### Derived terms

* mandati (“to mandate”)

### Further reading

* “mandat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Ladin
### Noun

mandat m (plural mandac)
* mandate

## Latin
### Verb

mandat
* third-person singular present active indicative of mandō

## Malay
### Noun

mandat (Jawi spelling مندت, plural mandat-mandat, informal 1st possessive mandatku, 2nd possessive mandatmu, 3rd possessive mandatnya)
* mandate

### Further reading

* “mandat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Mandat, from Latin mandātum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈman.dat/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -andat
* Syllabification: man‧dat

### Noun

mandat m inan (diminutive mandacik)
* (law) ticket, fine (document prepared by the police compelling the recipient to pay a fine for a misdemeanor or a traffic violation)
    Właśnie dostałem mandat za złe parkowanie.I've just received a bad parking ticket.
* (politics) seat (membership in an elected representative body, such as the parliament)
    W ostatnich wyborach nasza partia zdobyła dwadzieścia mandatów.In the last election our party won twenty seats.
* (politics, rare, singular only) mandate (authority granted by the electorate)
    Rząd otrzymał silny mandat do zreformowania systemu opieki zdrowotnej.The government has received a strong mandate to reform the healthcare system.

#### Derived terms

* mandatowy
* mandatariusz
* mandatariuszka
* złożyć mandat pf, składać mandat impf

#### Related terms

* mandatariuszowski

### Further reading

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

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French mandat.

### Noun

mandat n (plural mandate)
* mandate

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mǎndaːt/
* Hyphenation: man‧dat

### Noun

màndāt m (Cyrillic spelling ма̀нда̄т)
* mandate
* term (of office)

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Noun

mandat n
* mandate

#### Declension
### Further reading

* mandat in Svensk ordbok.

## Welsh
### Etymology

Adapted borrowing of English mandate.

### Pronunciation

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### Adjective

mandat (feminine singular mandat, plural mandat, not comparable)
* Alternative form of mandad (“mandate”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mandat”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies