preeminent en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /pɹiːˈɛmɪnənt/ (UK)
- /priˈɛm ə nənt/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
- prē-ĕm′ə-nənt
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French preeminent and its source, Latin praeēminēns, present participle of praeēmineō (“to stand out, excel”), from prae- (“pre-”) + ēmineō.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Exceeding others in quality or rank; of outstanding excellence, extremely notable or important.
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.
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, London: George Routledge and Sons, →OCLC, page 116:
Forms
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Deriveds
Translations (33)
it preminente (exceeding others in quality or rank) · ga dearscnaitheach (exceeding others in quality or rank) · ja 擢んでる (exceeding others in quality or rank) · ja 卓越な (exceeding others in quality or rank) · ko 걸출한 (exceeding others in quality or rank) · ca preeminent (exceeding others in quality or rank) · fi esimerkillinen (exceeding others in quality or rank) · ga aireaghdha (exceeding others in quality or rank) · sa प्रधान (exceeding others in quality or rank) · de herausragend (exceeding others in quality or rank) · oc preeminent (exceeding others in quality or rank) · ru выдаю́щийся (exceeding others in quality or rank) · de hervorragend (exceeding others in quality or rank) · fr prééminent (exceeding others in quality or rank) · de überragend (exceeding others in quality or rank) · grc κατ’ ἐξοχήν (exceeding others in quality or rank) · af skitterend (exceeding others in quality or rank) · pt preeminente (exceeding others in quality or rank) · da fremtrædende (exceeding others in quality or rank) · nl uitstekend (exceeding others in quality or rank) · fi erinomainen (exceeding others in quality or rank) · bg превъзходен (exceeding others in quality or rank) · ga séaghainn (exceeding others in quality or rank) · ja ピカイチ (exceeding others in quality or rank) · sga prímda (exceeding others in quality or rank) · ja 卓抜な (exceeding others in quality or rank) · es preeminente (exceeding others in quality or rank) · sv framstående (exceeding others in quality or rank) · bg отличен (exceeding others in quality or rank) · la praestābilis (exceeding others in quality or rank) · hi सर्वश्रेष्ठ (exceeding others in quality or rank) · hi श्रेष्ठ (exceeding others in quality or rank) · gl preeminente (exceeding others in quality or rank)