eminente

See also: éminente

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ēminentem, present active participle of ēmineō (“to stand out; to be prominent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.miˈnɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: e‧mi‧nèn‧te

Adjective

eminente (plural eminenti, superlative eminentissimo)

1. (literary) high, lofty
   • 1550, Agnolo Firenzuola, L'asino d'oro [The Golden Ass]‎^[1], translation of Metamorphoseon libri XI by Apuleius, page 28:

     un vecchione andatosene in un luogo eminente, donde è potessi essere inteso, et veduto da tutto il popolo

     An old man, gone to a high location, where he could be heard and seen by everyone

2. (uncommon) tall
3. (figurative) eminent, distinguished, outstanding, notable
   • 1723, “Libro XXIII [Book 23]”, in Anton Maria Salvini, transl., Iliade [Iliad]‎^[2], Milan: Giovanni Gaetano Tartini, Santi Franchi, translation of Ἰλιάς (Iliás) by Homer, page 640:

     Or di lui, che lontano era, la voce
     Udendo, ravvisollo, ed il cavallo
     Conobbe ragguardevole, eminente

     Hearing his voice, as he was far away, he recognized him, and saw the remarkable, outstanding horse

     (literally, “Now of him, who far was, the voice hearing, recognized him, and the horse knew remarkable, outstanding”)

Derived terms

• eminentemente

Related terms

• eminenza

Further reading

• eminente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēminentem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.miˈnẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.miˈnẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.miˈnẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.miˈnẽ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: e‧mi‧nen‧te

Adjective

eminente m or f (plural eminentes)

1. remarkable; eminent; notable

   Synonym: notável

Derived terms

• eminentemente

Related terms

• eminência

Further reading

• “eminente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ēminentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /emiˈnente/ [e.miˈnẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: e‧mi‧nen‧te

Adjective

eminente m or f (masculine and feminine plural eminentes)

1. eminent

Derived terms

• eminentemente

 

Related terms

• eminencia

 

Further reading

• “eminente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10