predominant

See also: prédominant

English

Alternative forms

• prædominant (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French prédominant, ultimately from Medieval Latin praedominans. By surface analysis, pre- +‎ dominant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈdɒmɪnənt/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

predominant (comparative more predominant, superlative most predominant)

1. Common or widespread; prevalent.
2. Significant or important; dominant.
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Truth of Presentiments”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 305:

     On Lord Marchmont's return, he, too, was struck with the unusual appearance of confusion in his hall; but anger was his predominant sensation when he heard that Henrietta had actually set off without waiting one moment.

Derived terms

• predominancy
• predominantly

Related terms

• predominance
• predominate

Translations

common or widespread; prevalent

• Bulgarian: преобладаващ (bg) (preobladavašt)
• Catalan: predominant (ca)
• Czech: převažující
• Finnish: vallitseva (fi)
• French: prédominant (fr)
• Galician: predominante
• Hungarian: túlnyomó (hu)
• Italian: predominante (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fremherskende (no)

• Polish: przeważający (pl)
• Portuguese: predominante (pt)
• Russian: преоблада́ющий (ru) (preobladájuščij)
• Spanish: predominante (es)

significant or important; dominant

• Bulgarian: доминиращ (bg) (dominirašt)
• Catalan: predominant (ca)
• Finnish: vallitseva (fi), hallitseva (fi)
• Galician: predominante
• Georgian: გაბატონებული (gabaṭonebuli)
• Hungarian: uralkodó (hu)
• Irish: ardcheannasach
• Italian: significativo (it)
• Latin: superans
• Polish: dominujący (pl)
• Portuguese: predominante (pt)
• Russian: госпо́дствующий (ru) (gospódstvujuščij), домини́рующий (ru) (dominírujuščij)
• Spanish: predominante (es)

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• French: ^{(please verify)} prédominant (fr)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} predominante (it) (all)
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} dominerande (sv), ^{(please verify)} förhärskande (sv), ^{(please verify)} övervägande (sv)

Noun

predominant (plural predominants)

1. (music) A subdominant.

Further reading

• “predominant”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾə.ðu.miˈnan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾə.ðo.miˈnant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾe.ðo.miˈnant]

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Etymology 1

Adjective

predominant m or f (masculine and feminine plural predominants)

1. predominant

Derived terms

• predominantment

Related terms

• predominar

Further reading

• “predominant”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “predominant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “predominant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “predominant”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Etymology 2

Verb

predominant

1. gerund of predominar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French prédominant.

Adjective

predominant m or n (feminine singular predominantă, masculine plural predominanți, feminine/neuter plural predominante)

1. predominant

Declension

Declension of predominant

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	predominant		predominantă	predominanți	predominante
	definite	predominantul		predominanta	predominanții	predominantele
genitive- dative	indefinite	predominant		predominante	predominanți	predominante
	definite	predominantului		predominantei	predominanților	predominantelor