influential

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin īnfluentiālis, from īnfluentia + -ālis. Synchronically analyzable as influence +‎ -ial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnfluˈɛnʃəl/

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• Hyphenation: in‧flu‧en‧tial

Adjective

influential (comparative more influential, superlative most influential)

1. Having or exerting influence.

   John Lennon was a very influential person in music, as well as in politics, fashion and general culture.

   Jane was very influential in getting the motion passed.

Synonyms

• swayful

Derived terms

• influentially
• influentialness

Translations

having considerable influence

• Asturian: influyente
• Azerbaijani: nüfuzlu
• Belarusian: уплыво́вы (uplyvóvy)
• Bulgarian: влия́телен (bg) (vlijátelen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有影響／[[%[%[有%]%]%[%[影響%]%]#Mandarin|%[%[有%]%]%[%[影響%]%]]] (yǒu yǐngxiǎng), 有影響力／[[%[%[有%]%]%[%[影響力%]%]#Mandarin|%[%[有%]%]%[%[影響力%]%]]] (yǒu yǐngxiǎnglì)

• Czech: vlivný (cs) m
• Danish: indflydelsesrig
• Dutch: invloedrijk (nl)
• Finnish: vaikutusvaltainen (fi)
• French: influent (fr)
• Galician: influente (gl)
• German: einflussreich (de)
• Greek: ισχυρός (el) (ischyrós), σημαίνων (el) m (simaínon)
• Hungarian: befolyásos (hu)
• Interlingua: influente
• Italian: autorevole (it)
• Latvian: ietekmīgs
• Macedonian: влијателен (vlijatelen)
• Malay: berpengaruh
• Maori: aweawe, whakaaweawe
• Polish: wpływowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: influente (pt)
• Russian: влия́тельный (ru) (vlijátelʹnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: cumhachdach
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: утицајан

  Roman: uticajan (sh)

• Slovak: vplyvný
• Spanish: influyente (es)
• Swedish: inflytelserik (sv)
• Turkish: nüfuzlu (tr)
• Ukrainian: впливо́вий (vplyvóvyj)
• Volapük: flunilabik

Noun

influential (plural influentials)

1. A person who has influence