incumbent

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from stem incumbent-, of Medieval Latin incumbens (“holder of a church position”), from Latin present participle of incumbere (“to lie down upon”)

Adjective

incumbent (comparative more incumbent, superlative most incumbent)

1. imposed on someone as an obligation, especially due to one's office

   Proper behavior is incumbent on all holders of positions of trust.

2. (geology) resting on something else
3. being the current holder of an office

   If the incumbent senator dies, he is replaced by a person appointed by the governor.

Translations

imposed on someone as an obligation, especially due to one's office

Finnish: velvollisuutena oleva

Italian: incombente (it), obbligatorio (it) Russian: возложенный (ru)

resting on something else

being the current holder of an office

Dutch: zittend (nl) French: en titre (fr), sortant (fr) German: amtierend (de) Hungarian: hivatalban lévő

Italian: titolare (it), in carica (it) Korean: 재임중인 (ko) (在任中인, jaeimjung-in) Norwegian: embedsmann (no) m. Portuguese: titular (pt) c.

Noun

incumbent (plural incumbents)

1. The current holder of an office, such as ecclesiastical benefice or a an elected office.
2. (business) A holder of a position as supplier to a market or market segment that allows the holder to earn above-normal profits.

Translations

current holder of an office

Dutch: plaatsbekleder (nl) Estonian: ametisolija; ametikoha täitja Finnish: viranhaltija

German: Amtsinhaber (de) m. Italian: in carica (it), titolare (it) Portuguese: titular (pt) c.

See also

• Incumbent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Latin

Verb

incumbent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of incumbō