Dictionary

eminence en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɛmɪnəns/
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Etymology

From Old French eminence, from Latin ēminentia (“prominence”, “protuberance”; “eminence”, “excellence”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Someone of high rank, reputation or social status.
2. (countable, uncountable) The quality or state of being eminent.
3. (countable, uncountable) Prominence in a particular order or accumulation; esteem.
4. (countable, uncountable) An elevated land area or a hill.
   • We stopped for a moment at the golf course to chat with members of the Consular staff, and then drove on to the Consulate, which was set upon an eminence, above evidences of landscape-gardening; a sweep of lawns, with coarse, whitened grass; flower-beds in which larkspur and nasturtiums fought against desperate odds. 1952, Norman Lewis, Golden Earth:
   • From the summit of an eminence I had already had a distant view of Osbaldistone Hall, a large and antiquated edifice, peeping out from a Druidical grove of huge oaks [...]. 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy:
5. (countable, uncountable) A protuberance.
6. (uncountable) A dark purple color.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:eminence.

Forms

Antonyms

obscurity (antonym(s) of “someone of high rank, reputation or social status”) · mediocrity (antonym(s) of “the quality or state of being eminent”)

Deriveds

Eminence · hypothenar eminence · eminence grise · preeminence · gray eminence · ileocecal eminence · grey eminence · title of honor for a Roman Catholic cardinal · eminectomy · median eminence · frontal eminence

Synonyms

distinction · celebrity · renown · prominence

Translations (40)

tr tepe (an elevated land area or a hill) · mk високопреосвештенство (someone of high rank, reputation or social status) · mk возвишение (an elevated land area or a hill) · tr eminans ((anatomy) protuberance) · cmn 顯貴 /显贵 (someone of high rank, reputation or social status) · ca eminència (an elevated land area or a hill) · sh уздигнуће ((anatomy) protuberance) · es eminencia (an elevated land area or a hill) · sh испупчење ((anatomy) protuberance) · mk истакнатост (the quality or state of being eminent) · mk еминенција (someone of high rank, reputation or social status) · ota شان (the quality or state of being eminent) · ja 顕貴 (someone of high rank, reputation or social status) · tr çıkıntı ((anatomy) protuberance) · ota تومسك ((anatomy) protuberance) · ca eminència ((anatomy) protuberance) · ja 高名 (someone of high rank, reputation or social status) · ru возвышенность (an elevated land area or a hill) · hy բարձունք (an elevated land area or a hill) · es prócer (an elevated land area or a hill) · ca eminència (someone of high rank, reputation or social status) · ja 高地 (an elevated land area or a hill) · sh eminencija ((anatomy) protuberance) · tr kabartı ((anatomy) protuberance) · bg възвишение (an elevated land area or a hill) · ga ardchéim (the quality or state of being eminent) · ga mullach ((geology) an elevated land area or a hill.) · io sinioro (someone of high rank, reputation or social status) · sh uzdignuće ((anatomy) protuberance) · xcl դար (an elevated land area or a hill) · cmn 傑出 /杰出 (the quality or state of being eminent) · mk возвишеност (an elevated land area or a hill) · hu kiválóság (someone of high rank, reputation or social status) · ca eminència (the quality or state of being eminent) · mk угледност (the quality or state of being eminent) · sh ispupčenje ((anatomy) protuberance) · mk еминенција (the quality or state of being eminent) · ja 傑出 (the quality or state of being eminent) · sh еминенција ((anatomy) protuberance) · eo elstaraĵo (an elevated land area or a hill)