prominent

From obsolete French prominent (compare proéminent), from Latin prōminēns, present active participle of prōmineō (“jut out, to project”), from prō (“before, forward”) + mineō (in compounds, “jut, project”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɑmɪnənt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɒmɪnənt/
• Hyphenation: prom‧i‧nent

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prominent (comparative more prominent, superlative most prominent)

1. Standing out, or projecting; jutting; protuberant.

   Synonyms: extuberant, outstanding

   The bird was perching on the prominent ledge at the top of the rocks

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

   Synonyms: attention-grabbing, eye-catching, flashy

   Place the slogan in a more prominent positions.

3. Eminent; distinguished above others.

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

   prominent members of the press

• prominence

• imminent
• eminent

prominent (plural prominents)

1. Any of various moths having a conspicuous projection on the inner margin of the wings.

   Synonyms: notodontid, prominent moth

2. (historical) In Nazi concentration camps, an inmate entrusted with minor supervisory duties and rewarded with perquisites.
   • 2019, Leona Toker, Gulag Literature and the Literature of Nazi Camps, page 234:

     […] dynamics that replaced the erstwhile condemnation of all or most of the prominents in the camps by a more nuanced understanding.

• lobster prominent
• rough prominent
• tawny prominent
• white-dotted prominent

• “prominent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “prominent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “prominent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Borrowed from Latin prōminentem.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾu.miˈnen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [pɾo.miˈnent]

prominent m or f (masculine and feminine plural prominents)

1. prominent

• prominència

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• Rhymes: -ɛnt

prominent (comparative prominenter, superlative prominentst)

1. prominent

From Latin prōminēns.

• IPA^(key): [pʁomiˈnɛnt]

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• Hyphenation: pro‧mi‧nent

prominent (strong nominative masculine singular prominenter, comparative prominenter, superlative am prominentesten)

1. prominent

• “prominent” in Duden online
• “prominent” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈproː.mɪ.nɛnt]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈprɔː.mi.nen̪t̪]

prōminent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of prōmineō

• IPA^(key): /prɔˈmi.nɛnt/

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• Rhymes: -inɛnt
• Syllabification: pro‧mi‧nent

prominent m pers

1. eminent person; distinguished above others; VIP

• prominent in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• prominent in Polish dictionaries at PWN