prerogatif

Borrowed from Dutch prerogatief, from French prérogative, from Latin praerogātīva (“previous verdict; claim, privilege”), noun use of the feminine singular of praerogātīvus (“having first vote; privileged”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /preroˈɡatif/ [pre.roˈɡa.t̪ɪf]
• Rhymes: -atif
• Syllabification: pre‧ro‧ga‧tif

prerogatif (plural prerogatif-prerogatif)

1. prerogative

• prerogratif

• “prerogatif”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

From Medieval Latin praerogativus (“chosen to vote first”), from praerogere (“to ask before others”), from prae- with rogare (“to ask”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃roǵ-, o‐grade form of root *h₃reǵ-.

prerogatif m (plural prerogatifs)

1. prerogative

prerogatif m (feminine singular prerogative, masculine plural prerogatifs, feminine plural prerogatives)

1. prerogative (relating to a right, or power that is exclusive to a monarch etc, especially such a power to make a decision or judgement)