prevalent

See also: prévalent

English

Alternative forms

• (archaic) prævalent, (now nonstandard) prevailent

Etymology

From Latin praevalēns. By surface analysis, pre- +‎ -valent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɛvələnt/, (reshaped after related prevail also) /pɹɪˈveɪlənt/

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• Hyphenation: pre‧v‧a‧lent

Adjective

prevalent (comparative more prevalent, superlative most prevalent)

1. Widespread or preferred.
   • 2013 March, David S. Senchina, “Athletics and Herbal Supplements”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 16 May 2013, page 134:

     Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.

2. Superior in frequency or dominant.
   • 2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 70:

     Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. […] Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today.

Synonyms

• (widespread): common, rife; see also Thesaurus:widespread

Translations

widespread, preferred

• Arabic: مُنْتَشِر (muntašir)
• Bulgarian: преобладаващ (bg) (preobladavašt), широко разпространен (široko razprostranen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 廣泛 / 广泛 (zh) (guǎngfàn), 流行 (zh) (liúxíng), 普遍 (zh) (pǔbiàn), 盛行 (zh) (shèngxíng)

• Czech: převládající
• Dutch: heersend (nl), wijdverspreid (nl)
• Finnish: vallitseva (fi)
• French: répandu (fr)
• Galician: prevalente
• German: beherrschend (de), maßgeblich (de), vorherrschend (de), (weit) verbreitet (de)
• Greek: επικρατών (el) (epikratón)
• Hungarian: általános (hu), domináns (hu), elterjedt (hu), egyetemes (hu), meghatározó (hu), túlsúlyban lévő
• Italian: imminente (it), incalzante (it), predominante (it)
• Japanese: 繁栄する (ja) (han'ei suru)
• Korean: 번영하다 (ko) (beonyeonghada)
• Macedonian: распро́странет (raspróstranet)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: utbredt, rådende, herskende (no)

• Portuguese: predominante (pt)
• Romanian: prevalent (ro), preponderent (ro)
• Russian: преоблада́ющий (ru) (preobladájuščij), (широко) распространённый (ru) (rasprostranjónnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: преовлађујући (preovlađujući)
• Spanish: dominante (es), mayoritario
• Swedish: utbredd (sv), spridd (sv), vedertagen (sv), gängse (sv)
• Turkish: her yerde bulunan
• Ukrainian: поширений m (pošyrenyj)
• Vietnamese: phổ biến (vi), thông thường (vi), thông dụng (vi), thịnh hành (vi)

superior in frequency or dominant

• Bulgarian: господстващ (bg) (gospodstvašt)
• Dutch: overwegend (nl), overheersend (nl),
• German: überwiegend, vorherrschend (de), beherrschend (de)
• French: prévalent (fr)
• Italian: prevalente (it)
• Macedonian: преовладу́вачки (preovladúvački)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rådende, fremherskende (no)

• Portuguese: prevalente (pt)
• Spanish: prevalente (es), predominante (es)
• Ukrainian: переважаючий m (perevažajučyj), переважний (uk) m (perevažnyj)
• Vietnamese: thường gặp, thường thấy, thông thường (vi), thông dụng (vi)

Noun

prevalent (plural prevalents)

1. (biology) A species that is prevalent in a certain area.
   • 1983, Donna K. McBain, Influence of Eastern Redcedar (Juniperus Virginiana L.) on Soil Properties and Vegetative Composition of a Sand Prairie in Southwestern Wisconsin, page 26:

     The species I found to be most prevalent on the Spring Green study site were compared with lists of prevalents in compositionally related communities of Wisconsin developed by Curtis (1959).

Related terms

• prevalently
• prevalence

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “prevalent”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Catalan

Verb

prevalent

1. gerund of prevaler

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praevalens or English prevalent.

Adjective

prevalent m or n (feminine singular prevalentă, masculine plural prevalenți, feminine and neuter plural prevalente)

1. prevalent

Declension

Declension of prevalent

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	prevalent		prevalentă		prevalenți	prevalente
	definite	prevalentul		prevalenta		prevalenții	prevalentele
genitive- dative	indefinite	prevalent		prevalente		prevalenți	prevalente
	definite	prevalentului		prevalentei		prevalenților	prevalentelor