different between immanent vs imminent

English

Etymology

Entered English around 1530, via French, from Late Latin imman?ns, present participle of Latin imman?re, from im- (“in”) + man?re (“to dwell, remain, stay”). Cognate with remain and manor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m?n?nt/
• (US)
• Homophone: imminent (many dialects)

Adjective

immanent (comparative more immanent, superlative most immanent)

1. Naturally part of something; existing throughout and within something; intrinsic.
2. Restricted entirely to the mind or a given domain; internal; subjective.
3. (philosophy, metaphysics, theology, of a deity) Existing within and throughout the mind and the world; dwelling within and throughout all things, all time, etc. Compare transcendent.
4. (philosophy, of a mental act) Taking place entirely within the mind of the subject and having no effect outside of it. Compare emanant, transeunt.
5. Being within the limits of experience or knowledge.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with imminent (“about to occur”) or immanant (“a certain type of scalar property of a matrix”).

Synonyms

• (naturally part of something): See also Thesaurus:intrinsic

Related terms

• immanence, immanency
• immanentism
• immanently
• immanentize
• immanentization

Translations

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

immanent (not comparable)

1. immanent

Inflection

Related terms

• immanentie

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ma.n??/

Adjective

immanent (feminine singular immanente, masculine plural immanents, feminine plural immanentes)

1. immanent

Further reading

• “immanent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma?n?nt/

Adjective

immanent (not comparable)

1. immanent

Declension

Related terms

• Immanenz

Further reading

• “immanent” in Duden online

Latin

Verb

immanent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of immane?

English

Etymology

From the present participle of Latin immin?re (“to overhang”), from mine? ("to project, overhang"), related to minae (English menace) and mons (English mount). Compare with eminent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m?n?nt/ or /??m?n?nt/

Adjective

imminent (comparative more imminent, superlative most imminent)

1. about to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long.

Usage notes

• Imminent and eminent are very similar sounds, and are weak rhymes; in dialects with the pin-pen merger, these become homophones. A typo of either word may result in a correction to the wrong word by spellchecking software. Imminent is also sometimes confused with immanent.
• Said of danger, threat and death.

Synonyms

• inevitable, immediate, impending; see also Thesaurus:impending

Derived terms

• imminence
• imminently

Related terms

• eminent
• prominent

Translations

Further reading

• imminent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• imminent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• imminent at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• miniment

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin immin?ns (“projecting, overhanging; threatening, menacing”).

Adjective

imminent (masculine and feminine plural imminents)

1. imminent

Derived terms

• imminentment

Related terms

• imminència

Further reading

• “imminent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “imminent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “imminent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “imminent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From Latin immin?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.mi.n??/

Adjective

imminent (feminine singular imminente, masculine plural imminents, feminine plural imminentes)

1. imminent

Derived terms

• expérience de mort imminente
• imminemment

Further reading

• “imminent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

imminent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of immine?