culminant

English

Etymology

From French culminant.

Adjective

culminant (comparative more culminant, superlative most culminant)

1. being vertical, or at the highest point of altitude
2. (by extension) predominant

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “culminant” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /kul.miˈnant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kul.miˈnan/
• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

culminant (masculine and feminine plural culminants)

1. culminating

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kyl.mi.nɑ̃/

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• Homophone: culminants

Adjective

culminant (feminine singular culminante, masculine plural culminants, feminine plural culminantes)

1. highest (typically of mountains)

Verb

culminant

1. present participle of culminer

Further reading

• “culminant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Romanian

Etymology

From French culminant.

Adjective

culminant m or n (feminine singular culminantă, masculine plural culminanți, feminine and neuter plural culminante)

1. culminating

Declension

Declension of culminant

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	culminant		culminantă	culminanți	culminante
	definite	culminantul		culminanta	culminanții	culminantele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	culminant		culminante	culminanți	culminante
	definite	culminantului		culminantei	culminanților	culminantelor