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eminente

See also: éminente

Italian edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Adjective edit

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”)

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

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin ēminentem.

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Hyphenation: e‧mi‧nen‧te

Adjective edit

eminente m or f (plural eminentes)

  1. remarkable; eminent; notable
    Synonym: notável

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Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From Latin ēminentem.

Pronunciation edit

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

Adjective edit

eminente m or f (masculine and feminine plural eminentes)

  1. eminent

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