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Borrowed from Latin tetrarchēs, from Ancient Greek τετράρχης (tetrárkhēs), from τετρα- (tetra-, “four”) + -άρχης (-árkhēs, “ruler, leader”).

• (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɛtɹɑɹk/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɛtɹɑːk/

tetrarch (plural tetrarchs)

1. A governor or ruler of a quarter of a country, especially of a fourth part of a province in or client state of Ancient Rome.
2. Each of the four members of a jointly ruling tetrarchy, notably of the Roman Empire since Diocletian.
3. An officer in charge of a fourth part of a phalanx in Ancient Greece.

governor or ruler of quarter of a country

• Dutch: tetrarch (nl) m, viervorst m

• Esperanto: tetrarĥo, tetrarko, kvaronprinco

• Finnish: tetrarkki (fi)

• French: tétrarque (fr) m

• German: Tetrarch (de) m

• Greek:
  Ancient Greek: τετράρχης m (tetrárkhēs)

• Italian: tetrarca (it) m

• Kazakh: аймағының әкімі (aimağynyñ äkımı)

• Latin: tetrarchēs m

• Portuguese: tetrarca (pt) m or f

• Russian: тетра́рх (ru) m (tɛtrárx)

• Spanish: tetrarca (es) m

• Turkish: tetrark

• heptarch

• hexarch

Learned borrowing from Latin tetrarchēs, from Ancient Greek τετράρχης (tetrárkhēs), from τετρα- (tetra-, “four”) + -άρχης (-árkhēs, “ruler, leader”).

• IPA(key): /teːˈtrɑrx/
• Hyphenation: te‧trarch
• Rhymes: -ɑrx

tetrarch m (plural tetrarchen, diminutive tetrarchje n)

1. a tetrarch (governor or ruler of a quarter of a country)
2. a tetrarch (one of the four members of a jointly ruling tetrarchy)
3. a tetrarch (officer in charge of a fourth part of a phalanx in Ancient Greece)

• viervorst
• tetrarchie