different between illustrious vs predominant

English

Etymology

From Latin ill?stris (“bright, shining; distinguished, prominent, illustrious”) +? -ous (“suffix forming adjectives from nouns, to denote possession or presence of a quality in any degree”). Ill?stris is derived from ill?str? (“to brighten, illuminate; to make famous or illustrious”), from in- (“prefix meaning ‘in, inside’”) + lustr? (“to purify by making a sacrifice; to brighten, illuminate”) (from lustr? (“purificatory sacrifice”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to shine”) or *lewh?- (“to wash”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??l?s.t??.?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??l?s.t?i.?s/, /-?l?s-/
• Hyphenation: il?lus?tri?ous

Adjective

illustrious (comparative more illustrious, superlative most illustrious)

1. Admired, distinguished, respected, or well-known, especially due to past achievements or noble qualities. [from mid 16th c.]

Antonyms

Derived terms

Related terms

• lustrious

Translations

Further reading

• illustrious (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Alternative forms

• prædominant (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French prédominant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???d?m?n?nt/

Adjective

predominant (comparative more predominant, superlative most predominant)

1. Common or widespread; prevalent.
2. Significant or important; dominant.

Derived terms

• predominantly

Related terms

• predominance
• predominate

Translations

Noun

predominant (plural predominants)

1. (music) A subdominant.

Further reading

• predominant at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Adjective

predominant (masculine and feminine plural predominants)

1. predominant

Derived terms

• predominantment

Related terms

• predominar

Further reading

• “predominant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “predominant” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “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.

Romanian

Etymology

From French prédominant.

Adjective

predominant m or n (feminine singular predominant?, masculine plural predominan?i, feminine and neuter plural predominante)

1. predominant

Declension