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prominent
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)
- standing out, or projecting; jutting; protuberant
- Synonyms: extuberant, outstanding
- likely to attract attention from its size or position; conspicuous
- Synonyms: attention-grabbing, eye-catching, flashy
- 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)
- prominent
Related terms
- prominència
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?nt
Adjective
prominent (comparative prominenter, superlative prominentst)
- 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)
- 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
- third-person plural present active indicative of pr?mine?
Polish
Noun
prominent m pers
- eminent person; distinguished above others; VIP
Declension
Derived terms
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unique
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French unique.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ju??ni?k/
- Rhymes: -i?k
Adjective
unique (comparative uniquer or more unique, superlative uniquest or most unique)
- (not comparable) Being the only one of its kind; unequaled, unparalleled or unmatched.
- Synonyms: one of a kind, sui generis, singular
- Of a feature, such that only one holder has it.
- Particular, characteristic.
- (proscribed) Of a rare quality, unusual.
Usage notes
- The comparative and superlative forms uniquer or more unique and uniquest or most unique, as well as the use of unique with modifiers as in fairly unique and very unique, are grammatically proscribed, with the reasoning that either something is unique or it is not.
Derived terms
- uniquely
- uniqueness
- uniquity
Related terms
- unicity
- one-of-a-kind
- inimitable
Translations
Noun
unique (plural uniques)
- A thing without a like; something unequalled or unparallelled; one of a kind.
- a. 1859, Thomas De Quincey, Language
- The phoenix, the unique of birds.
- a. 1859, Thomas De Quincey, Language
Translations
Further reading
- unique in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- unique in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- “unique” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ?nicus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /y.nik/
Adjective
unique (plural uniques)
- unique
- only
Derived terms
Related terms
- un
Descendants
- ? Danish: unik
- ? Dutch: uniek
- ? Norwegian Bokmål: unik
- ? Norwegian Nynorsk: unik
- ? Swedish: unik
- ? Turkish: ünik
Further reading
- “unique” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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