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 or highest quality, power, greatness etc.

   culminant point

References

• “culminant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kul.miˈnan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [kul.miˈnant]
• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

culminant m or f (masculine and feminine plural culminants)

1. culminating

Etymology 2

Verb

culminant

1. gerund of culminar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kyl.mi.nɑ̃/

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• Homophone: culminants

Adjective

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

1. highest (typically of mountains)

Participle

culminant

1. present participle of culminer

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French culminant.

Adjective

culminant m or n (feminine singular culminantă, masculine plural culminanți, feminine/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