omnipotent

See also: Omnipotent

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English omnipotent(e), from Old French omnipotent, from Latin omnipotēns, omnipotentem.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: om‧ni‧po‧tent
• IPA^(key): /ɒmˈnɪpətənt/

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• (Indic) IPA^(key): /ˈɔmnɪpɵʈəɳʈ/

Adjective

omnipotent (comparative more omnipotent, superlative most omnipotent)

1. Having unlimited power, force or authority.

   Synonyms: almighty, all-powerful

   Coordinate terms: omnipresent, all-present; omniscient, all-knowing

   • 1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Enchantress, pages 16–17:

     All the spirits of the elements bowed down before him; but the future was still hidden from his eyes, and Death was omnipotent.

2. (biology) Describing a cell (especially a stem cell) that is capable of developing into any type of cell or forming any type of tissue (also called a totipotent cell).

   Coordinate term: pluripotent

3. (archaic) Arrant.

Derived terms

• nonomnipotent
• omnipotently
• superomnipotent
• unomnipotent

Related terms

• omnipotence
• omnipotency
• omnipotentiality

Translations

having unlimited power, force or authority

Arabic: عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ (ʕalā kulli šayʔin qadīrun) Armenian: ամենազոր (hy) (amenazor), ամենակարող (hy) (amenakaroġ) Bulgarian: всемогъщ (bg) (vsemogǎšt) Catalan: omnipotent (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 全能的 (quánnéng de) Czech: všemohoucí (cs), všemocný Dutch: almachtig (nl) Esperanto: ĉiopova Finnish: kaikkivoipa (fi), kaikkivaltias (fi) French: omnipotent (fr) Old French: omnipotent Georgian: ყოვლისშემძლე (q̇ovlisšemʒle), ყოვლადძლიერი (q̇ovladʒlieri) German: allmächtig (de), omnipotent (de) Greek: παντοδύναμος (el) m (pantodýnamos) Ancient: παντοκράτωρ (pantokrátōr) Hebrew: כל יכול Hungarian: mindenható (hu) Icelandic: almáttugur Indonesian: mahakuasa (id) Irish: uilechumhachtach, mórchumhachtach, ollchumhachtach Italian: onnipotente (it), onnipossente, pantocratore (it) Japanese: 全能の (ja) (ぜんのうの, zennou no) Latin: omnipōtens Macedonian: семоќен (semoḱen) Norwegian: Bokmål: allmektig (no) Nynorsk: allmektig Occitan: omnipotent (oc) Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: вьсемогы (vĭsemogy) Glagolitic: ⰲⱐⱄⰵⰿⱁⰳⱏⰹ (vĭsemogy) Old Czech: všemohúcí Old English: ælmihtiġ Old Occitan: omnipotent Polish: wszechmocny (pl) Portuguese: omnipotente (pt), onipotente (pt) (Brazil), todo-poderoso (pt) m Romanian: omnipotent (ro), atotputernic (ro) Russian: всемогу́щий (ru) (vsemogúščij), всеси́льный (ru) (vsesílʹnyj) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: све̏могӯћ, све̏моћан Latin: svȅmogūć, svȅmoćan Spanish: omnipotente (es) Swedish: omnipotent (sv), allsmäktig (sv) Tagalog: kayanggawinlahat Telugu: సర్వ శక్తివంతుడు (sarva śaktivantuḍu) Turkish: muktedir (tr) Ukrainian: всеси́льний m (vsesýlʹnyj), всемогу́тній m (vsemohútnij) Vietnamese: toàn năng (vi) (全能) Welsh: hollalluog (cy)

Noun

omnipotent (plural omnipotents)

1. An omnipotent being.

Further reading

• “omnipotent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “omnipotent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “omnipotent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin omnipotentem (“almighty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [um.ni.puˈten]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [om.ni.poˈtent]

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Adjective

omnipotent m or f (masculine and feminine plural omnipotents)

1. omnipotent

Related terms

• omnipotència

Further reading

• “omnipotent”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “omnipotent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “omnipotent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “omnipotent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Etymology

From Latin omnipotēns, omnipotentem.

Adjective

omnipotent (neuter omnipotent, plural and definite singular attributive omnipotente)

1. omnipotent, almighty

   Synonym: almægtig

   Antonym: afmægtig

Inflection

Inflection of omnipotent

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	omnipotent	—	—2
indefinite neuter singular	omnipotent	—	—2
plural	omnipotente	—	—2
definite attributive1	omnipotente	—	—

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Related terms

• omnipotens

References

• “omnipotent” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French omnipotent, from. From Latin omnipotentem (“almighty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔm.ni.pɔ.tɑ̃/

• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Adjective

omnipotent (feminine omnipotente, masculine plural omnipotents, feminine plural omnipotentes)

1. omnipotent

Further reading

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

German

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin omnipotēns, omnipotentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɔmnipoˈtɛnt]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: om‧ni‧po‧tent

Adjective

omnipotent (strong nominative masculine singular omnipotenter, not comparable)

1. omnipotent

   Synonym: allmächtig

Declension

Positive forms of omnipotent (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist omnipotent	sie ist omnipotent	es ist omnipotent	sie sind omnipotent
strong declension (without article)	nominative	omnipotenter	omnipotente	omnipotentes	omnipotente
	genitive	omnipotenten	omnipotenter	omnipotenten	omnipotenter
	dative	omnipotentem	omnipotenter	omnipotentem	omnipotenten
	accusative	omnipotenten	omnipotente	omnipotentes	omnipotente
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der omnipotente	die omnipotente	das omnipotente	die omnipotenten
	genitive	des omnipotenten	der omnipotenten	des omnipotenten	der omnipotenten
	dative	dem omnipotenten	der omnipotenten	dem omnipotenten	den omnipotenten
	accusative	den omnipotenten	die omnipotente	das omnipotente	die omnipotenten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein omnipotenter	eine omnipotente	ein omnipotentes	(keine) omnipotenten
	genitive	eines omnipotenten	einer omnipotenten	eines omnipotenten	(keiner) omnipotenten
	dative	einem omnipotenten	einer omnipotenten	einem omnipotenten	(keinen) omnipotenten
	accusative	einen omnipotenten	eine omnipotente	ein omnipotentes	(keine) omnipotenten

Related terms

• Omnipotenz

Further reading

• “omnipotent” in Duden online
• “omnipotent” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Old French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin omnipotēns (“almighty”). By surface analysis, omni- +‎ potent.

Adjective

omnipotent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular omnipotent or omnipotente)

1. omnipotent
   • 13th century, Unknown, La Vie de Saint Laurent, page 13, column 2, line 30:

     car tu es Deu omnipotent

     because you are the omnipotent God

Descendants

• French: omnipotent

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin omnipotēns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌom.ni.poˈtent/
• Hyphenation: om‧ni‧po‧tent

Adjective

omnipotent m or n (feminine singular omnipotentă, masculine plural omnipotenți, feminine and neuter plural omnipotente)

1. omnipotent

   Synonym: atotputernic

Declension

Declension of omnipotent

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	omnipotent		omnipotentă		omnipotenți	omnipotente
	definite	omnipotentul		omnipotenta		omnipotenții	omnipotentele
genitive- dative	indefinite	omnipotent		omnipotente		omnipotenți	omnipotente
	definite	omnipotentului		omnipotentei		omnipotenților	omnipotentelor

Related terms

• omnipotență

References

• “omnipotent”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025