different between momentous vs prominent

English

Etymology

From moment +? -ous.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /m???m?n.t?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /mo??m?n.t?s/
• Rhymes: -?nt?s

Adjective

momentous (comparative more momentous, superlative most momentous)

1. Outstanding in importance, of great consequence.
   • 1725, Daniel Defoe, Everybody's Business is Nobody's Business:

     The reason why I did not publish this book till the end of the last sessions of parliament was, because I did not care to interfere with more momentous affairs.

   • 1831, James Fenimore Cooper, Homeward Bound, ch. 31:

     "It has been a momentous month, and I hope we shall all retain healthful recollections of it as long as we live."

   • 1902, Joseph Conrad, The End of the Tether, ch. 3:

     What to the other parties was merely the sale of a ship was to him a momentous event involving a radically new view of existence.

   • 2007 July 1, Richard Dawkins, "Inferior Design," New York Times (retrieved 19 Nov 2013):

     Natural selection is arguably the most momentous idea ever to occur to a human mind, because it — alone as far as we know — explains the elegant illusion of design that pervades the living kingdoms and explains, in passing, us.

Derived terms

• momentously
• momentousness

Translations

Anagrams

• mesonotum

English

Etymology

From obsolete French prominent (compare proéminent), from Latin pr?min?ns, present active participle of pr?mine? (“jut out, to project”), from pr? (“before, forward”) + mine? (in compounds, “jut, project”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p??m?n?nt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??m?n?nt/
• Hyphenation: prom?i?nent

Adjective

prominent (comparative more prominent, superlative most prominent)

1. standing out, or projecting; jutting; protuberant

   Synonyms: extuberant, outstanding

2. likely to attract attention from its size or position; conspicuous

   Synonyms: attention-grabbing, eye-catching, flashy

3. eminent; distinguished above others

   Synonyms: eminent, forestanding, noteworthy; see also Thesaurus:notable

Derived terms

• improminent
• prominently

Related terms

• prominence

Translations

See also

• imminent
• eminent

Further reading

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

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin pr?min?ns.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /p?o.mi?nent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /p?u.mi?nen/

Adjective

prominent (masculine and feminine plural prominents)

1. prominent

Related terms

• prominència

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?nt

Adjective

prominent (comparative prominenter, superlative prominentst)

1. prominent

Inflection

German

Etymology

From Latin pr?min?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [p?omi?n?nt]
• Hyphenation: pro?mi?nent

Adjective

prominent (comparative prominenter, superlative am prominentesten)

1. prominent

Declension

Further reading

• “prominent” in Duden online

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?pro?.mi.nent/, [?p?o?m?n?n?t?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?pro.mi.nent/, [?p???min?n?t?]

Verb

pr?minent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of pr?mine?

Polish

Noun

prominent m pers

1. eminent person; distinguished above others; VIP

Declension

Derived terms