preeminent

See also: prééminent, preëminent, and pre-eminent

English

Alternative forms

• præeminent (18 ^th century)
• pre-eminent
• preëminent

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French preeminent and its source, Latin praeēminēns, present participle of praeēmineō (“to stand out, excel”), from prae- (“pre-”) + ēmineō.

Pronunciation

• enPR: prē-ĕm′ə-nənt
• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɹiːˈɛmɪnənt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /priˈɛm ə nənt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

preeminent (not comparable)

1. Exceeding others in quality or rank; of outstanding excellence, extremely notable or important. [from 15th c.]
   • 1863, H. Cholmondeley-Pennell, “The Carp Family”, in The Angler-Naturalist: A Popular History of British Fresh-water Fish, with a Plain Explanation of the Rudiments of Ichthyology‎^[1], London: George Routledge and Sons, →OCLC, page 116:

     China is still preeminent for its Goldfish, of which Pennant informs us that the most beautiful kinds, both for elegance of shape and richness of tinting, are taken in a small lake in the Province of Che-kyang.

Derived terms

• preeminence
• preeminently

Translations

exceeding others in quality or rank

• Afrikaans: skitterend
• Bulgarian: превъзходен (bg) (prevăzhoden), отличен (bg) (otličen)
• Catalan: preeminent
• Danish: fremtrædende
• Dutch: uitstekend (nl)
• Finnish: erinomainen (fi), esimerkillinen (fi)
• French: prééminent (fr)
• Galician: preeminente
• German: hervorragend (de), überragend (de), herausragend (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: κατ’ ἐξοχήν (kat’ exokhḗn)

• Hindi: श्रेष्ठ (hi) (śreṣṭh), सर्वश्रेष्ठ (hi) (sarvaśreṣṭh)
• Irish: aireaghdha, dearscnaitheach, séaghainn

  Old Irish: prímda

• Italian: preminente (it)
• Japanese: 擢んでる (ja) (nukinderu), 卓抜な (takubatsu na), ピカイチ (pikaichi), 卓越な (takuetsu na)
• Korean: 걸출한 (geolchulhan)
• Latin: praestābilis
• Occitan: preeminent (oc)
• Portuguese: preeminente (pt)
• Russian: выдаю́щийся (ru) (vydajúščijsja)
• Sanskrit: प्रधान (sa) (pradhāna)
• Spanish: preeminente (es)
• Swedish: framstående (sv)

Anagrams

• repinement

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praeēminentem.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adjective

preeminent m or f (masculine and feminine plural preeminents)

1. preeminent

Derived terms

• preeminentment

Related terms

• preeminència

Further reading

• “preeminent”, 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
• “preeminent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “preeminent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “preeminent”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French prééminent.

Adjective

preeminent m or n (feminine singular preeminentă, masculine plural preeminenți, feminine/neuter plural preeminente)

1. preeminent

Declension

Declension of preeminent

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	preeminent		preeminentă	preeminenți	preeminente
	definite	preeminentul		preeminenta	preeminenții	preeminentele
genitive- dative	indefinite	preeminent		preeminente	preeminenți	preeminente
	definite	preeminentului		preeminentei	preeminenților	preeminentelor