preeminent

See also: prééminent, preëminent, and pre-eminent

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French preeminent and its source, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin praeēminēns, present participle of praeēminēre (“to stand out, excel”), from prae- (“pre-”) + ēminēre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹiːˈɛmɪnənt/

Adjective

preeminent (not comparable)

1. Exceeding others in quality or rank; of outstanding excellence, extremely notable or important. [from 15th c.]

Derived terms

• preeminence
• preeminently

Translations

exceeding others in quality or rank

• Afrikaans: skitterend
• Danish: fremtrædende
• Dutch: uitstek (nl)
• Finnish: erinomainen (fi), esimerkillinen (fi)
• French: prééminent (fr)
• German: hervorragend (de), überragend (de), heraustragend
• Irish: aireaghdha, dearscnaitheach, séaghainn

  Old Irish: prímda

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: preminente (it)
• Japanese: 擢んでる (nukinderu), 卓抜な (takubatsu na), ピカイチ (pikaichi), 卓越な (takuetsu na)
• Korean: 걸출한 (geolchulhan)
• Occitan: preeminent
• Portuguese: preeminente (pt)
• Russian: выдаю́щийся (ru) (vydajúščijsja)
• Spanish: preeminente (es)
• Swedish: framstående (sv)

Anagrams

• repinement