tyran

See also: tyrän and týrán

English

Noun

tyran (plural tyrans)

1. Obsolete form of tyrant.
   • 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “October. Ægloga Decima.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC:

     Lordly love is such a tyranne fell.

Verb

tyran (third-person singular simple present tyrans, present participle tyranning, simple past and past participle tyranned)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To act tyrannically towards.

References

• “tyran”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• ATryn, Taryn, ranty, tryna

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɪran]

Noun

tyran m anim

1. tyrant (a leader in many Ancient Greek city states)
2. tyrant (an unjust and cruel leader)

Declension

Declension of tyran (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	tyran	tyrani
genitive	tyrana	tyranů
dative	tyranovi, tyranu	tyranům
accusative	tyrana	tyrany
vocative	tyrane	tyrani
locative	tyranovi, tyranu	tyranech
instrumental	tyranem	tyrany

Related terms

• tyranie
• tyranizovat
• tyranský

See also

• krutovládce
• despota
• diktátor
• utiskovatel
• utlačovatel

Further reading

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

Danish

Etymology

Via Latin tyrannus from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tˢyˈʁɑnˀ], [tˢyˈʁɑn], [tˢyˈʁɑˀn]

Noun

tyran c (singular definite tyrannen, plural indefinite tyranner)

1. (historical) tyrant (a leader in many Ancient Greek city states)
2. tyrant (an unjust and cruel leader)

Declension

Declension of tyran

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tyran	tyrannen	tyranner	tyrannerne
genitive	tyrans	tyrannens	tyranners	tyrannernes

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French tyran, borrowed from Latin tyrannus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos). Replaced Old French tirant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti.ʁɑ̃/

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• Homophones: tirant, tyrans

Noun

tyran m (plural tyrans, feminine tyranne or tyrane)

1. tyrant
2. bully

Related terms

• tyrannie
• tyrannique
• tyranniser

Descendants

• → Turkish: tiran

Further reading

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

Middle English

Noun

tyran

1. alternative form of tyraunt

Middle French

Noun

tyran m (plural tyrans)

1. tyrant

Norman

Etymology

From Old French tirant, from Latin tyrannus (“ruler, monarch; tyrant, despot”), from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos, “lord, master, sovereign, tyrant”).

Noun

tyran m (plural tyrans)

1. (Jersey) tyrant

Polish

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin tyrannus, from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos). Doublet of tyrania and tyranozaur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɘ.ran/

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• Rhymes: -ɘran
• Syllabification: ty‧ran

Noun

tyran m pers (female equivalent tyranka, diminutive tyranek)

1. tyrant (oppressive and harsh person)

   Synonyms: autokrata, despota, dzierżymorda, satrapa

2. (politics) tyrant (harsh and cruel ruler)
3. (Ancient Greece, historical, politics) tyrant (usurper; one who gains power and rules extralegally, distinguished from kings elevated by election or succession)

Declension

Declension of tyran

	singular	plural
nominative	tyran	tyrani/tyrany (deprecative)
genitive	tyrana	tyranów
dative	tyranowi	tyranom
accusative	tyrana	tyranów
instrumental	tyranem	tyranami
locative	tyranie	tyranach
vocative	tyranie	tyrani

Noun

tyran m animal

1. tyrant flycatcher

Declension

Declension of tyran

	singular	plural
nominative	tyran	tyrany
genitive	tyrana	tyranów
dative	tyranowi	tyranom
accusative	tyrana	tyrany
instrumental	tyranem	tyranami
locative	tyranie	tyranach
vocative	tyranie	tyrany

Derived terms

adjectives

• tyraniczny
• tyrański

noun

• tyraństwo

verbs

• styranizować pf
• tyranizować impf

Related terms

adverb

• tyrańsko

noun

• tyrania

Further reading

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