preeminent

• præeminent (18 ^th century)
• pre-eminent
• preëminent

Borrowed from Middle French preeminent and its source, Latin praeēminēns, present participle of praeēmineō (“to stand out, excel”), from prae- (“pre-”) + ēmineō.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɹiːˈɛmɪnənt/

preeminent (not comparable)

1. Exceeding others in quality or rank; of outstanding excellence, extremely notable or important. [from 15th c.]
   • 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^[1], London: George Routledge and Sons, →OCLC, page 116:

     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.

• preeminence
• preeminently

• repinement

Borrowed from Latin praeēminentem.

preeminent m or f (masculine and feminine plural preeminents)

1. preeminent

• preeminentment

• preeminència

• “preeminent”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “preeminent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “preeminent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “preeminent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from French prééminent.

preeminent m or n (feminine singular preeminentă, masculine plural preeminenți, feminine and neuter plural preeminente)

1. preeminent