redundant

English

Etymology

From Latin redundans, present participle of redundare (“to overflow, redound”), from red- (“again, back”) + undo (“to surge, flood”), from unda (“a wave”).

Adjective

redundant (comparative more redundant, superlative most redundant)

1. Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary.
2. (Of speech, writing, and reading) Repetitive or needlessly wordy.
3. (chiefly UK) Dismissed from employment because no longer needed.
4. (chiefly computing) Duplicating or able to duplicate the function of another component of a system, providing back-up in the event the other component fails.

Antonyms

• non-redundant

Related terms

• redound
• redundance
• redundancy

Translations

superfluous

• Armenian: ավելորդ (hy) (avelord)
• Czech: nadbytečný (cs)
• Danish: overflødig
• Dutch: overbodig (nl), overtollig (nl), achterhaald (nl)
• French: redondant (fr)
• Georgian: ზედმეტი (ka) (zedmeti), ნამეტი (ka) (nameti), გადამეტებული (ka) (gadametebuli), ჭარბი (ka) (čarbi)
• German: überflüssig (de)
• Greek: πλεονάζων (el) (pleonázon), παραπανίσιος (el) (parapanísios)
• Hungarian: felesleges (hu)

• Norwegian: overflødig
• Polish: zbędny
• Portuguese: redundante (pt)
• Russian: излишний (ru) (izlišnij)
• Serbo-Croatian: redundantan (sh) m, zalihosan (sh) m
• Spanish: superfluo (es) m, redundante (es) m and f
• Swedish: överflödig (sv)
• Turkish: ihtiyaçtan fazla (tr), fazla (tr), gereğinden fazla (tr), lüzumundan fazla (tr), yedek (tr)

needlessly wordy

• Georgian: სიტყვაგრძელი (ka) (sitqvagrjeli), სიტყვამრავალი (ka) (sitqvamravali), გაჭიანურებული (ka) (gačianurebuli)
• German: redundant (de)
• Greek: περίσσιος (el) (períssios)

• Hungarian: terjengő (hu)
• Norwegian: redundant (no), overflødig (no)
• Spanish: redundante (es) m and f

External links

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

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

redundant

1. redundant

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Latin

Verb

redundant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of redundō

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Romanian

Adjective

redundant m, n

1. redundant

Related terms

• redundanță