monarcha

• IPA^(key): [ˈmonarxa]

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• Hyphenation: mo‧nar‧cha

monarcha m anim

1. monarch (ruler)

   Synonym: panovník

• See archón

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

First attested in 1578. Borrowed from Latin monarcha, from Ancient Greek μονάρχης (monárkhēs, “monarch, ruler”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈmonɒrɦɒ]
• Hyphenation: mo‧nar‧cha
• Rhymes: -hɒ

monarcha (plural monarchák)

1. monarch (ruler)

   Synonym: egyeduralkodó

monarcha (plural monarchas)

1. monarch (ruler)

Cognate with monar (“toil, labor”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɔnˠəɾˠxə/
• (Cois Fharriage) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠʊnˠəɾˠxə/

monarcha f (genitive singular monarchan, nominative plural monarchana)

1. factory

   Synonym: gléasra

• Alternative plural: monarchain (Cois Fharraige)

• monarcha scartha cadáis f (“cotton gin”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “monarcha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

From Ancient Greek μονάρχης (monárkhēs, “monarch, ruler”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɔˈnar.kʰa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [moˈnar.ka]

monarcha m (genitive monarchae); first declension

1. monarch, ruler

First-declension noun.

• “monarcha”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "monarcha", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Learned borrowing from Late Latin monarcha, from Ancient Greek μονάρχης (monárkhēs), variant of μόναρχος (mónarkhos, “sole ruler”), from μόνος (mónos, “only”) + ἀρχός (arkhós, “leader”).

• IPA^(key): /mɔˈnar.xa/

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• Rhymes: -arxa
• Syllabification: mo‧nar‧cha

monarcha m pers (female equivalent monarchini)

1. monarch (ruler)

• monarcha in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• monarcha in Polish dictionaries at PWN

monarcha m (plural monarchas)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of monarca.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔnarxa]

monarcha m pers

1. monarch (ruler)

• monarchia

• “monarcha”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025