prominent

English

Etymology

From Latin prōminēns, present active participle of prōmineō (“ jut out, to project”), from prō (“before, forward”) + mineō (in compounds, "jut, project").

Pronunciation

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Adjective

prominent (comparative more prominent, superlative most prominent)

1. Standing out, or projecting; jutting; protuberant.
2. Likely to attract attention from its size or position; conspicuous.
3. Eminent; distinguished above others.

Related terms

• prominence

Translations

projecting, protuberant

Catalan: prominent (ca) Czech: vyčnívající (cs) Finnish: silmiinpistävä (fi), esiin työntyvä (fi) French: protubérant (fr) m., protubérante (fr) f., saillant (fr) m., saillante (fr) f. Galician: prominente (gl) Greek: προεξέχων (el) (proekséchon) m.

Korean: 돌출된 (ko) (突出된, dolchuldoen) Portuguese: proeminente (pt) Romanian: proeminent (ro) Russian: выступающий (ru) (vystupájuščij) Spanish: prominente (es)

likely to attract attention

Catalan: prominent (ca) Czech: prominentní (cs), vynikající (cs), nápadný (cs) Finnish: silmiinpistävä (fi), huomiota herättävä Greek: περίοπτος (el) (períoptos) m., εμφανής (el) (emfanís) m.

Korean: 두드러진 (ko) (dudeureojin) Russian: (хорошо xorošó) заметный (ru) (zamétnyj) Spanish: prominente (es)

eminent, distinguished above others

Arabic: شهير (ar) (šahīr) Catalan: prominent (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 傑出 (zh), 杰出 (zh) (jiéchū) Czech: prominentní (cs) Dutch: prominent (nl), vooraanstaand (nl) Finnish: huomattava (fi), merkittävä (fi) French: proéminent (fr) German: prominent (de)

Greek: εξέχων (el) (ekséchon) m., διαπρεπής (el) (diaprepís) m. Hungarian: jól ismert Italian: prominente (it), rilevante (it) Japanese: 著名な (ja) (ちょめいな, chomei-na) Korean: 저명한 (ko) (著名한, jeomyeonghan) Portuguese: conhecido (pt) Russian: выдающийся (ru) (vydajúščijsja) Spanish: prominente (es) Swedish: framstående (sv)

See also

• imminent
• eminent

External links

• prominent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• prominent in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• prominent at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Dutch

Adjective

prominent (comparative prominenter, superlative prominentst)

1. prominent

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Latin

Verb

prōminent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of prōmineō

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Polish

Noun

prominent m.

1. Eminent person; distinguished above others; VIP

Declension

    declension of prominent

	singular	plural
nominative	prominent	prominenci
genitive	prominenta	prominentów
dative	prominentowi	prominentom
accusative	prominenta	prominentów
instrumental	prominencie	prominentach
locative	prominentem	prominentami
vocative	prominencie	prominenci

Derived terms

• prominencki
• prominentny