possessor

English

Alternative forms

• possesser
• possessour (obsolete)

Etymology

From possess +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [pʰəˈzɛsə(ɹ)]

• Audio (US):

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Noun

possessor (plural possessors)

1. Agent noun of possess; one who possesses

   Antonym: (linguistics) possessum

Translations

One who possesses

• Arabic: صَاحِب m (ṣāḥib), صَاحِبَة f (ṣāḥiba), ذُو (ar) m (ḏū), ذَات f (ḏāt), حَائِز m (ḥāʔiz), مَالِك (ar) m (mālik)
• Azerbaijani: sahib (az)
• Bashkir: хужа (xuja), эйә (eyə)
• Bulgarian: притежател (bg) m (pritežatel), собственик (bg) m (sobstvenik)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 所有人 (zh) (suǒyǒurén), 持有人 (zh) (chíyǒurén)

• Czech: vlastník (cs) m, majitel (cs) m
• Dutch: bezitter (nl) m
• Finnish: haltija (fi)
• French: possesseur (fr) m, possessrice (fr) f
• German: Besitzer (de) m, Inhaber (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: κτήτωρ m (ktḗtōr)

• Hungarian: birtokos (hu)
• Indonesian: pemilik (id)
• Japanese: 所有者 (ja) (しょゆうしゃ, shoyūsha)
• Korean: 소유주 (soyuju), 점유자 (jeomyuja)
• Latin: possessor m
• Low German:

  German Low German: Besitter m

• Macedonian: со́пственик m (sópstvenik), и́мател m (ímatel), по́седник m (pósednik)
• Norman: possesseu m (Jersey)
• Old English: āgendfrēa (lord)
• Portuguese: possuidor (pt) m, possessor (pt) m
• Russian: владе́лец (ru) m (vladélec), владе́лица (ru) f (vladélica), облада́тель (ru) m (obladátelʹ), облада́тельница (ru) f (obladátelʹnica)
• Spanish: posesor (es) m
• Turkish: iye (tr), elmen, sahip (tr), malik (tr)
• Welsh: meddiannydd m
• Zazaki: wayır (diq) c, waher c

Latin

Etymology

From possessus +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /posˈses.sor/, [pɔs̠ˈs̠ɛs̠ːɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /posˈses.sor/, [posˈsɛsːor]

Noun

possessor m (genitive possessōris, feminine possestrīx); third declension

1. possessor, owner
2. occupier

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	possessor	possessōrēs
genitive	possessōris	possessōrum
dative	possessōrī	possessōribus
accusative	possessōrem	possessōrēs
ablative	possessōre	possessōribus
vocative	possessor	possessōrēs

Descendants

• Catalan: possessor
• English: possessor
• French: possesseur
• Galician: posesor
• Italian: possessore
• Occitan: possessor
• Portuguese: possessor
• Spanish: posesor

References

• “possessor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “possessor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• possessor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Northern Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /pɔsˈsɛs.sɔr/
  • (Eastern Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /pɔsˈsɛs.sɔr/

Noun

possessor m pers

1. (Northern Greater Poland, Eastern Greater Poland) Synonym of dzierżawca

Further reading

• Oskar Kolberg (1877) “possessor”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 35

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin possessor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.seˈsoʁ/ [po.seˈsoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.seˈsoʁ/ [po.seˈsoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /po.seˈsoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /po.seˈsoʁ/ [po.seˈsoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.seˈsoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pu.sɨˈsoɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pu.sɨˈsoɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pu.sɨˈso.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: pos‧ses‧sor

Noun

possessor m (plural possessores, feminine possessora, feminine plural possessoras)

1. possessor; owner (one who possesses)

   Synonyms: possuidor, dono

Related terms

• possessivo
• possuir

Further reading

• “possessor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024