redundant

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin redundans, present participle of redundare ‎(“to overflow, redound”), from red- ‎(“again, back”) + undo ‎(“I surge, flood”), from unda ‎(“a wave”).

AdjectiveEdit

redundant ‎(comparative more redundant, superlative most redundant)

1. Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary.
2. (of words, writing, etc) Repetitive or needlessly wordy.
3. (chiefly Britain, New Zealand, Australia) Dismissed from employment because no longer needed; as in "rendered redundant".
4. Duplicating or able to duplicate the function of another component of a system, providing back-up in the event the other component fails.
   • 2013, Tom Denton, Automobile Electrical and Electronic Systems, page 142:

     The two lines are mainly used for redundant and therefore fault-tolerant message transmission, but they can also transmit different messages.

AntonymsEdit

• non-redundant

Related termsEdit

• redound
• redundance
• redundancy

TranslationsEdit

superfluous

• Armenian: ավելորդ (hy) ‎(avelord)
• Catalan: redundant (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 冗杂 (zh) ‎(rǒngzá), 冗余 (zh) ‎(rǒngyú)

• Czech: nadbytečný
• Danish: overflødig
• Dutch: overbodig (nl), overtollig (nl), achterhaald (nl)
• French: redondant (fr)
• Georgian: ზედმეტი ‎(zedmeṭi), ნამეტი ‎(nameṭi), გადამეტებული ‎(gadameṭebuli), ჭარბი ‎(č̣arbi)
• German: überflüssig (de)
• Greek: πλεονάζων (el) ‎(pleonázon), παραπανίσιος (el) ‎(parapanísios), υπεράριθμος (el) m ‎(yperárithmos), περισσός (el) m ‎(perissós)

• Hungarian: felesleges (hu)
• Italian: ridondante (it) f, iperverboso, copioso (it), sovrabbondante (it), pleonastico (it)
• Manchu: ᠯᠠᠮᡦᠠ ‎(lampa)
• Norwegian: overflødig (no)
• Polish: nadmiarowy (pl) m, nadmierny (pl) m
• Portuguese: redundante (pt)
• Russian: изли́шний (ru) ‎(izlíšnij)
• Serbo-Croatian: redundantan (sh) m, zalihosan m
• Spanish: superfluo (es), redundante (es)
• Swedish: överflödig (sv)
• Turkish: ihtiyaçtan fazla, fazla (tr), gereğinden fazla, lüzumundan fazla (tr), yedek (tr)

needlessly wordy

• Catalan: redundant (ca)
• Georgian: სიტყვაგრძელი ‎(siṭq̇vagrʒeli), სიტყვამრავალი ‎(siṭq̇vamravali), გაჭიანურებული ‎(gač̣ianurebuli)
• German: redundant (de)

• Greek: περίσσιος (el) ‎(períssios)
• Hungarian: terjengő
• Norwegian: redundant (no), overflødig (no)
• Spanish: redundante (es)

External linksEdit

• redundant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• redundant in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• redundant at OneLook Dictionary Search

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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin redundans.

AdjectiveEdit

redundant m, f ‎(masculine and feminine plural redundants)

1. redundant

Derived termsEdit

• redundantment

Related termsEdit

• redundància
• redundar

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GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Audio (Austria)

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AdjectiveEdit

redundant

1. redundant

External linksEdit

• redundant in Duden online

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LatinEdit

VerbEdit

redundant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of redundō

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RomanianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• redondant

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from English redundant and French redondant.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /re.dunˈdant/

AdjectiveEdit

redundant m, n ‎(feminine singular redundantă, masculine plural redundanți, feminine and neuter plural redundante)

1. redundant

DeclensionEdit

declension of redundant

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	redundant		redundantă	redundanți	redundante
	definite	redundantul		redundanta	redundanții	redundantele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	redundant		redundante	redundanți	redundante
	definite	redundantului		redundantei	redundanților	redundantelor

Related termsEdit

• redundanță