different between prominent vs ascendant

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ascendant, from Latin ascendens.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s?nd?nt/

Adjective

ascendant (comparative more ascendant, superlative most ascendant)

1. Rising, moving upward.
2. Surpassing or controlling.

   • An ascendant spirit above him.

   • 1848, John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy

     The ascendant community obtained a surplus of wealth.

Translations

Noun

ascendant (plural ascendants)

1. Being in control; superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency.

   One man has the ascendant over another.

   • 1769, William Robertson, History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V:

     Chievres had acquired over the mind of the young monarch the ascendant not only of a tutor, but of a parent.

2. An ancestor (antonym of descendant)

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Ayliffe to this entry?)

3. (usu. followed by to) A royal heir assuming (a place of power)

4. Ascent; height; elevation.
5. (astrology) The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the moment of one's birth; supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's life and fortune.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Burke to this entry?)

Translations

Related terms

• ascend
• ascent
• ascendance
• ascendancy/ascendency
• ascending
• ascender

Anagrams

• adnascent

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ascendens, ascendentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.s??.d??/

Verb

ascendant

1. present participle of ascendre

Adjective

ascendant (feminine singular ascendante, masculine plural ascendants, feminine plural ascendantes)

1. ascendant

Derived terms

• compatibilité ascendante

Noun

ascendant m (plural ascendants)

1. (astrology) ascendant
2. supremacy, ascendancy

3. (genealogy) ancestor, forefather, progenitor

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

ascendant

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of ascend?