transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsɔvrɪn ]
n. & adj. --n. 1 a supreme ruler, esp. a monarch. 2 Brit. hist. a gold coin nominally worth ø1. --adj. 1 a supreme (sovereign power). b unmitigated (sovereign contempt). 2 excellent; effective (a sovereign remedy). 3 possessing sovereign power (a sovereign State). 4 royal (our sovereign lord). øthe sovereign good the greatest good, esp. for a State, its people, etc. sovereign pontiff see PONTIFF. øøsovereignly adv. sovereignty n. (pl. -ies). [ME f. OF so(u)verain f. L: -g- by assoc. with reign]