Information about the word potent (English → Esperanto: potenca)

Synonyms: powerful, mighty

Part of speechadjective
Pronunciation/ˈpəʊtənt/
Hyphenationpo·tent
Shavian alphabet𐑐𐑴𐑑𐑩𐑯𐑑
Deseret alphabet𐐹𐐬𐐻𐐯𐑌𐐻

Degrees of comparison

Positivepotent
Comparativemore potent
Superlativemost potent

Usage samples

Methane is far more potent as a greenhouse gas than CO₂.
It also fails to mention how few potent allies the United States actually has to its south, as it threatens to bomb narco‐networks at will, while pardoning the former corrupt president of drug‐plagued Honduras.

Translations

Dutchmachtig; krachtig
English (Old English)rice; mihtig
Esperantopotenca
Frenchpuissant
Germanmächtig; vermögend; gewaltig
Jamaican Patoispowaful
Latinpotens
Low Germankraftig
Papiamentopoderoso; potente
Portuguesepoderoso; potente
Saterland Frisiangewaltich; machtich; fermuugend
Swedishmäktig