"prestigious" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /pɹɛˈstɪd͡ʒəs/ [UK], /pɹə-/ [UK], /pɹɛˈstid͡ʒəs/ [US], /pɹɛˈstɪd͡ʒəs/ [US], /pɹə-/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prestigious.wav Forms: more prestigious [comparative], most prestigious [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪdʒəs, -iːd͡ʒəs Etymology: Attested since the 1540s; Latin praestigiosus (“full of tricks”), praestigiae (“juggler's tricks”), possibly an alteration of praestringō (“to blindfold, to dazzle”), from prae- (“before”) with stringō (“to bind or tie”); equivalent to prestige + -ous. Unstressed /ɛ/ is retained by analogy with prestige. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|praestigiosus||full of tricks}} Latin praestigiosus (“full of tricks”), {{af|en|prestige|-ous}} prestige + -ous Head templates: {{en-adj}} prestigious (comparative more prestigious, superlative most prestigious)
  1. Of high prestige. Synonyms: præstigious [archaic] Derived forms: prestigiously, prestigiousness Translations (of high prestige): ذُو مَقَام (ḏū maqām) (Arabic), prestichioso (Aragonese), прэсты́жны (prestýžny) (Belarusian), престижен (prestižen) (Bulgarian), prestigiós (Catalan), 久负盛名 (jiǔfùshèngmíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 享有声望的 (Chinese Mandarin), prestižní (Czech), prestigieus (Dutch), prestiĝa (Esperanto), maineikas (Finnish), arvovaltainen (Finnish), prestigieux (French), prestixioso (Galician), hoch angesehen (German), prestigeträchtig (German), repräsentativ (German), herrschaftlich (German), prestijo (Ido), prestisius (Indonesian), prestigiose (Interlingua), prestigioso (Italian), berprestij (Malay), prestiżowy [masculine] (Polish), prestigioso (Portuguese), прести́жный (prestížnyj) (Russian), prestigioso (Spanish), prestigefull (Swedish), prestigefylld (Swedish), прести́жний (prestýžnyj) (Ukrainian), prästigik (Volapük), leprästigik (Volapük)

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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of high prestige",
      "word": "prestigefull"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of high prestige",
      "word": "prestigefylld"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prestýžnyj",
      "sense": "of high prestige",
      "word": "прести́жний"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "of high prestige",
      "word": "prästigik"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "of high prestige",
      "word": "leprästigik"
    }
  ],
  "word": "prestigious"
}

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