predominant

See also: prédominant

English

Alternative forms

• prædominant (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French prédominant, ultimately from Medieval Latin praedominans. By surface analysis, pre- +‎ dominant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈdɒmɪnənt/

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Adjective

predominant (comparative more predominant, superlative most predominant)

1. Common or widespread; prevalent.
2. Significant or important; dominant.
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Truth of Presentiments”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 305:

     On Lord Marchmont's return, he, too, was struck with the unusual appearance of confusion in his hall; but anger was his predominant sensation when he heard that Henrietta had actually set off without waiting one moment.

Derived terms

• predominantly

Related terms

• predominance
• predominate

Translations

common or widespread; prevalent

Bulgarian: преобладаващ (bg) (preobladavašt) Catalan: predominant (ca) Czech: převažující Finnish: vallitseva (fi) French: prédominant (fr) Galician: predominante Hungarian: túlnyomó (hu) Italian: predominante (it) Norwegian: Bokmål: fremherskende (no) Polish: przeważający (pl) Portuguese: predominante (pt) Russian: преоблада́ющий (ru) (preobladájuščij) Spanish: predominante (es)

significant or important; dominant

Bulgarian: доминиращ (bg) (dominirašt) Catalan: predominant (ca) Finnish: vallitseva (fi), hallitseva (fi) Galician: predominante Georgian: გაბატონებული (gabaṭonebuli) Hungarian: uralkodó (hu) Irish: ardcheannasach Italian: significativo (it) Latin: superans Polish: dominujący (pl) Portuguese: predominante (pt) Russian: госпо́дствующий (ru) (gospódstvujuščij), домини́рующий (ru) (dominírujuščij) Spanish: predominante (es)

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French: (please verify) prédominant (fr) Italian: (please verify) predominante (it) (all) Swedish: (please verify) dominerande (sv), (please verify) förhärskande (sv), (please verify) övervägande (sv)

Noun

predominant (plural predominants)

1. (music) A subdominant.

Further reading

• “predominant”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾə.ðu.miˈnan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾə.ðo.miˈnant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾe.ðo.miˈnant]

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Etymology 1

Adjective

predominant m or f (masculine and feminine plural predominants)

1. predominant

Derived terms

• predominantment

Related terms

• predominar

Further reading

• “predominant”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “predominant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “predominant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “predominant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology 2

Verb

predominant

1. gerund of predominar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French prédominant.

Adjective

predominant m or n (feminine singular predominantă, masculine plural predominanți, feminine and neuter plural predominante)

1. predominant

Declension

Declension of predominant

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	predominant		predominantă		predominanți	predominante
	definite	predominantul		predominanta		predominanții	predominantele
genitive- dative	indefinite	predominant		predominante		predominanți	predominante
	definite	predominantului		predominantei		predominanților	predominantelor