presidium

• praesidium

Borrowed from Russian прези́диум (prezídium), from Latin praesidium. Doublet of praesidium and presidio.

• IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈsɪdi.əm/

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presidium (plural presidia or presidiums)

1. A permanent executive committee, used primarily in Communist countries, with the power to act for a larger governing body when the latter is in recess. [1920]
2. Such an executive committee headed by the President of the Supreme Soviet.

• presidio

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• peridiums

Borrowed from Dutch presidium, from Russian прези́диум (prezídium), from Latin praesidium.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /presiˈdium/ [pre.siˈdi.ʊm]
• Rhymes: -um
• Syllabification: pre‧si‧di‧um

presidium (plural presidium-presidium)

1. (politics) presidium

• presedium

• “presidium”, 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

Variant in transliteration of Russian прези́диум (prezídium), borrowed from German Präsidium, borrowed from Latin praesidium. Doublet of presidio.

• IPA^(key): /preˈzi.djum/
• Rhymes: -idjum
• Hyphenation: pre‧sì‧dium

presidium m (uncountable)

1. administrative department, head office

   Synonyms: direzione, presidenza

• presidium in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

presidium n (definite singular presidiet, indefinite plural presidier, definite plural presidia or presidiene)

1. presidency
2. presidium

presidium n (definite singular presidiet, indefinite plural presidium, definite plural presidia)

1. presidency
2. presidium

From Latin praesidium. Attested since circa 1655.

presidium n

1. presidium
2. chairmanship

• presidium in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• presidium in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• presidium in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)