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.

Derived terms

• prominently

Related terms

• prominence

Translations

projecting, protuberant

• Catalan: prominent (ca)
• Czech: vyčnívající (cs)
• Finnish: silmiinpistävä (fi), esiin työntyvä (fi)
• French: protubérant (fr), saillant (fr)
• 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 (cmn), 杰出 (cmn) (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), видный (ru) (vídnyj)
• 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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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin prōminēns.

Adjective

prominent m, f (masculine and feminine plural prominents)

1. prominent

Related terms

• prominència

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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