culminant

English

Etymology

From French culminant.

Adjective

culminant (comparative more culminant, superlative most culminant)

1. being vertical, or at the highest point of altitude
2. (by extension) predominant

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “culminant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kul.miˈnan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [kul.miˈnant]
• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

culminant m or f (masculine and feminine plural culminants)

1. culminating

Etymology 2

Verb

culminant

1. gerund of culminar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kyl.mi.nɑ̃/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: culminants

Adjective

culminant (feminine culminante, masculine plural culminants, feminine plural culminantes)

1. highest (typically of mountains)

Participle

culminant

1. present participle of culminer

Further reading

• “culminant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French culminant.

Adjective

culminant m or n (feminine singular culminantă, masculine plural culminanți, feminine and neuter plural culminante)

1. culminating

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	culminant		culminantă		culminanți	culminante
	definite	culminantul		culminanta		culminanții	culminantele
genitive- dative	indefinite	culminant		culminante		culminanți	culminante
	definite	culminantului		culminantei		culminanților	culminantelor