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==English==
{{root|en|ine-pro|*pent-}}
{{was wotd|2006|September|12}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{der|en|la|pontificatus}}, from {{m|la|pontifex||high priest}}, from {{m|la|pons||bridge}} + {{m|la|facere||make}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|en|/pɒnˈtɪf.ɪ.kət/|a=RP}}
* {{IPA|en|/pɔnˈtɪf.ə.kət/|/pɔnˈtɪf.ɪ.kət/|a=US}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-pontificate_noun.ogg|a=US}}
* {{audio|en|en-au-pontificate.ogg|a=AU}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# The [[status]] or [[term]] of [[office]] of a [[pontiff]] or [[pontifex]].

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|state of a pontifex}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|pontificat|m}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|pontifikát|m}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|pontificaat|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|paavius}}, {{t+|fi|pontifikaatti}}
* French: {{t+|fr|pontificat|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Pontifikat|m|n}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|[[főpapi]] [[méltóság]]/[[rang]]/[[tisztség]]}}, {{t|hu|pontifikátus}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|pontificato|m}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|司教の職|tr=しきょうのしょく, shikyō no shoku|sc=Jpan}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|pontyfikat|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|понтифика́т|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|pontificado}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|pontifikat|n}}
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===Etymology 2===
From the past participle stem of mediaeval {{uder|en|la|pontificare||pontificate}}, from {{uder|en|la|pontifex||high priest}}, from {{m|la|pons||bridge}} + {{m|la|facere||make}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|en|/pɒnˈtɪf.ɪ.keɪt/|a=RP}}
* {{IPA|en|/pɔnˈtɪf.ə.keɪt/|/pɔnˈtɪf.ɪ.keɪt/|a=US}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-pontificate.ogg|a=US}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[preside]] as a [[bishop]], especially at [[mass]].
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To act like a [[pontiff]]; to [[express]] one's position or opinions [[dogmatically]] and [[pompously]] as if they were [[absolutely]] [[correct]].
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[speak]] in a [[patronizing]], [[supercilious]] or [[pompous]] manner, especially at length.
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=May 13, 2007|author=Patrick Healy|title=In New Role, Senator Clinton’s Strategist in Chief|work=New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/13/us/politics/13bill.html
|passage=During a policy discussion awhile{{sic}} back about New York issues, when Mr. Clinton began to '''pontificate''', she told him that he did not exactly know what he was talking about and to hush up.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|date=16 January 2014|author=Jocelyn Samara D.|title={{w|Rain (webcomic)|Rain}}|section=Comic 482 - Blood|sectionurl=https://rain.thecomicseries.com/comics/482|format=webcomic|text="Do you hear that, Ryan?  Your mommy is being a '''pontificating''' windbag."}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|preside as a bishop}}
* French: {{t+|fr|pontifier}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|pontifikál}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|pontificare}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|pontificar}}
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{{trans-top|act like a pontiff}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|orakelen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|pontifier}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|pontificare}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|説教|tr=せっきょうする, sekkyō-suru|alt=説教する}}
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{{trans-top|speak in a patronizing, supercilious or pompous manner}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|orakelen}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|saarnata}}
* French: {{t+|fr|pontifier}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|kinyilatkoztat}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|pontificare}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|попува}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|sentar cátedra}}
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==Italian==

===Etymology 1===

====Verb====
{{head|it|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|it|pontificare||2|p|pres|indc|;|2|p|impr}}

===Etymology 2===

====Participle====
{{head|it|past participle form|g=f-p}}

# {{feminine plural of|it|pontificato}}

==Spanish==

===Verb===
{{head|es|verb form}}

# {{es-verb form of|pontificar}}