tyran

tiʁɑ̃

tyranne

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Definition of tyran - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

autoritairepersonne qui abuse de son autorité sur les autres

Mon patron est un vrai tyran avec ses employés.

autoritaire

dominateur

dictateurdirigeant qui gouverne de manière cruelle et injuste

Ce tyran opprimait son peuple depuis des années.

autocrate

despote

ornithologie

TECH.

oiseau passereau de la famille des tyrannidés

TECH.

Le tyran tritri est un oiseau migrateur d'Amérique.

oiseau-mouche

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Expressions with tyran

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tyran domestique

personne qui domine et opprime les membres de sa famille

Son père était un vrai tyran domestique qui contrôlait tout.

Origin of tyran

grec, tyrannos (souverain absolu)

Terms with tyran included in their meaning

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oppresseur

tyran

personne qui domine ou tyrannise de manière injuste

Hipparque

politique

fils du tyran Pisistrate dans la Grèce antique

néronien

tyran

personne cruelle et tyrannique comme l'empereur romain Néron

Examples of tyran in a sentence

Le tyran imposait des règles strictes à sa famille.
Le tyran imposait des lois sévères.
Un tyran redouté régnait sur la région.
Le tyran mélancolique niche dans les arbres isolés.
Un tyran a été observé près du lac ce matin.

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English:tyrant, despot, ...
German:Tyrann, Tyrannenfliegenschnäpper, ...
Italian:tiranno, ...
Spanish:tirano, ave tiránida, ...
Portuguese:tirano, ditador, ...
Chinese:暴君, 独裁者, ...
Japanese:暴君, 専制君主, ...
Arabic:طاغية, تِيران, ...
Hebrew:רוֹדָן, טִירָן, ...
Russian:тиран, тиранн, ...
Ukrainian:тиран, тирановий птах, ...
Catalan:tirà, dictador, ...
Danish:en tyran, tyran, ...
Dutch:tirannieke persoon, tiran, ...
Greek:τύραννος, αυταρχικός ηγέτης, ...
Hungarian:zsarnok, kényúr, ...
Khmer:ជនផ្តាច់ការ, ទុរជន, ...
Korean:폭군, 티란새, ...
Polish:tyran, oprawca, ...
Portuguese (BR):tirano, papa-moscas, ...
Romanian:tiran, tirán, ...
Swedish:tyrann, despot, ...
Thai:ทรราช, ผู้ปกครองที่โหดร้าย, ...
Turkish:zorba, zalim yönetici, ...
Vietnamese:kẻ độc tài, bạo chúa, ...

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