redundant
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin redundans, present participle of redundare (“to overflow, redound”), from red- (“again, back”) + undo (“I surge, flood”), from unda (“a wave”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
redundant (comparative more redundant, superlative most redundant)
- Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary, no longer needed.
- 2020 December 16, “Network News: "Robust case" for Fawley branch reopening”, in Rail, page 14:
- A key driver has been the approval of a new housing and employment development called Fawley Waterside, with 1,500 homes planned on the site of a redundant power station on the edge of Southampton Water.
- (of words, writing, etc) Repetitive or needlessly wordy.
- (chiefly Britain, New Zealand, Australia) Dismissed from employment because no longer needed.
- Four employees were made redundant.
- Duplicating or able to duplicate the function of another component of a system, providing backup 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.
- 2013, Tom Denton, Automobile Electrical and Electronic Systems, page 142:
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SynonymsEdit
- (dismissed from employment): surplus to requirements
TranslationsEdit
superfluous
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needlessly wordy
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Further readingEdit
- redundant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- redundant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- redundant at OneLook Dictionary Search
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /rə.dunˈdant/
- (Central) IPA(key): /rə.dunˈdan/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /re.dunˈdant/
AdjectiveEdit
redundant (masculine and feminine plural redundants)
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GermanEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
redundant (comparative redundanter, superlative am redundantesten)
DeclensionEdit
Positive forms of redundant
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist redundant | sie ist redundant | es ist redundant | sie sind redundant | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | redundanter | redundante | redundantes | redundante |
genitive | redundanten | redundanter | redundanten | redundanter | |
dative | redundantem | redundanter | redundantem | redundanten | |
accusative | redundanten | redundante | redundantes | redundante | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der redundante | die redundante | das redundante | die redundanten |
genitive | des redundanten | der redundanten | des redundanten | der redundanten | |
dative | dem redundanten | der redundanten | dem redundanten | den redundanten | |
accusative | den redundanten | die redundante | das redundante | die redundanten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein redundanter | eine redundante | ein redundantes | (keine) redundanten |
genitive | eines redundanten | einer redundanten | eines redundanten | (keiner) redundanten | |
dative | einem redundanten | einer redundanten | einem redundanten | (keinen) redundanten | |
accusative | einen redundanten | eine redundante | ein redundantes | (keine) redundanten |
Comparative forms of redundant
Superlative forms of redundant
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Further readingEdit
- “redundant” in Duden online
LatinEdit
VerbEdit
redundant
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Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English redundant and French redondant.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
redundant m or n (feminine singular redundantă, masculine plural redundanți, feminine and neuter plural redundante)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of redundant
singular | plural | ||||||
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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 |