exequatur

Learned borrowing from Latin exequātur.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɛksɪˈkweɪtə/

exequatur (plural exequaturs)

1. An official authorization given by a government to a consul etc.
   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 716:

     I must briefly visit Sweden and if possible Paris. I hope to get the necessary exequatur this week for both […]

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛk.sɛˈkʷaː.tʊr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [eɡ.zeˈkʷaː.tur]

exequātur

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of exequor

Unadapted borrowing from Latin exequātur.

• IPA^(key): /eɡseˈkwatuɾ/ [eɣ̞.seˈkwa.t̪uɾ]
• Rhymes: -atuɾ
• Syllabification: e‧xe‧qua‧tur

exequatur m (plural exequatur)

1. alternative form of execuátur

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

• “exequatur”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “exequatur”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]