sovereign

souverain, indépendant

Qui peut se gouverner sans être sous le contrôle d’un autre pays.

En anglais simple : Able to govern itself without being controlled by another country.

• The island became a sovereign state.
• Each sovereign country makes its own laws.
• The treaty recognizes their right to remain sovereign.

Synonymes : independent, self-governing

Contraires : dependent

Expressions courantes : sovereign state, sovereign nation, sovereign country

souverain, suprême

Qui détient la plus haute autorité pour gouverner ou décider.

En anglais simple : Having the highest power to rule or make decisions.

• The queen held sovereign power.
• In this system, parliament is sovereign.
• The people claimed sovereign authority over their government.

Synonymes : supreme

Contraires : subordinate

Expressions courantes : sovereign power, sovereign authority, sovereign ruler, sovereign rights

souverain, excellent

Extrêmement bon ou meilleur que tout ce qui est du même genre.

En anglais simple : Extremely good or better than everything else of its kind.

• Patience was her sovereign virtue.
• The poet praised the sovereign beauty of the landscape.
• His sovereign skill set him apart from every other musician.

Synonymes : outstanding, supreme, excellent

Expressions courantes : sovereign talent, sovereign virtue, sovereign excellence

souverain, monarque

Roi, reine ou autre dirigeant détenant la plus haute autorité dans un pays.

En anglais simple : A king, queen, or other ruler with the highest authority in a country.

• The sovereign entered the palace.
• Every coin showed the reigning sovereign.
• The new sovereign promised to protect her subjects.

Comment l'utiliser : sovereign of somewhere (She became sovereign of the kingdom at twenty.)

Synonymes : monarch, ruler

Contraires : subject

Expressions courantes : reigning sovereign, the sovereign, sovereign of something

souverain

Pièce d’or britannique dont la valeur officielle est d’une livre.

En anglais simple : A British gold coin with an official value of one pound.

• He found a gold sovereign.
• The collector bought three sovereigns at the auction.
• This sovereign was minted during the queen’s reign.

Expressions courantes : gold sovereign, British sovereign, buy a sovereign

individu souverain

Personne qui n’est soumise à l’autorité d’aucun dirigeant ni pays.

En anglais simple : A person who is not under the authority of any ruler or country.

• He declared himself an independent sovereign.
• The essay imagines each person as a sovereign owing allegiance to no nation.
• She claimed to be a sovereign rather than a subject of the king.

Contraires : subject

Expressions courantes : individual sovereign, independent sovereign, a free sovereign