prominence
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prominence
- /ˈpɹɒm.ɪ.nəns/ UK
- /ˈpɹɑ.mɪ.nəns/ US
Where it comes from
From obsolete French prominence (compare proéminence), from Latin prominentia.
noun prominences
- The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent. “My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”
- Relative importance.
- A bulge: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form.
- Autonomous height; relative height or prime factor; a concept used in the categorization of hills and mountains.
- A gaseous projection, often loop-shaped, springing from the surface of the Sun or a star.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: protrusion, jut, bump, hump, bulge, protuberance, gibbousness, gibbosity, extrusion, excrescence, renown, eminence, preeminence, value, salient, reputation
Translations
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noun being prominent
| Español | prominencia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 중요성 jung'yoseong, 두드러짐 dudeureojim |
| हिन्दी | प्रमुखता pramukhtā |
| Français | proéminence |
| Italiano | prominenza, sporgenza |
| Ελληνικά | διάκριση diákrisi |
| Română | proeminență |
| Русский | призна́ние priznánije, изве́стность izvéstnostʹ |
noun bulge
| Español | protuberancia, prominencia |
|---|---|
| Français | protubérance |
| Deutsch | Protuberanz |
| Italiano | protuberanza |
| Ελληνικά | προεξοχή proexochí |
| Русский | вы́пуклость výpuklostʹ, вы́ступ výstup |
noun relative height
| Español | prominencia |
|---|---|
| Русский | относительная высота́ otnositelʹnaja vysotá |
noun gaseous projection of the Sun
| Español | protuberancia |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | プロミネンス |
| 中文 | 日珥 rì'ěr |
| Français | protubérance |
| Deutsch | Protuberanz |
Talk about this word "prominence." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/prominence. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. prominence. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/prominence "prominence." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/prominence.Cite this
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title = {prominence},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/prominence},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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