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puissance^¹

/ˈpjuːɪ.s(ə)ns/ UK
/ˈpwɪ-/ UK

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From Middle English puissaunce, from Anglo-Norman puissance, pusaunce, and other forms, from Old French puissant (“powerful”).

noun puissances · Puissance

countable, uncountable power, might or potency The Sarazin ſore daunted with the buffe / Snatcheth his ſword, and fiercely to him flies; / Who well it wards, and quyteth cuff with cuff: / Each others equall puiſſaunce enuies, / And through their iron ſides with cruelties / Does ſeeke to perce: repining courage yields / No foote to foe.
countable, uncountable The high-jump component of the sport of show jumping. It was in Dublin that San Lucas scored his first success in what has become something of a speciality for him, the puissance.

Puissance^²

noun Puissances

countable, uncountable Alternative letter-case form of puissance

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noun power, might or potency

Français	puissance
Русский	власть vlastʹ, могу́щество mogúščestvo

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@misc{puissance_2026,
  title = {puissance},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/puissance},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}