"eminence" meaning in English

See eminence in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɛmɪnəns/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-eminence.wav Forms: eminences [plural]
Etymology: From Old French eminence, from Latin ēminēntia (“prominence”, “protuberance”; “eminence”, “excellence”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*men- (stand out)}}, {{uder|en|fro|eminence}} Old French eminence, {{uder|en|la|ēminēntia||prominence”, “protuberance”; “eminence”, “excellence}} Latin ēminēntia (“prominence”, “protuberance”; “eminence”, “excellence”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} eminence (countable and uncountable, plural eminences)
  1. Someone of high rank, reputation or social status. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (someone of high rank, reputation or social status): 顯貴 (Chinese Mandarin), 显贵 (xiǎnguì) (Chinese Mandarin), kiválóság (Hungarian), sinioro (Ido), 高名 (kōmei) (Japanese), 顕貴 (kenki) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-eminence-en-noun-jwRFLN5U Disambiguation of 'someone of high rank, reputation or social status': 95 4 0 0 1 0
  2. The quality or state of being eminent. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the quality or state of being eminent): 傑出 (Chinese Mandarin), 杰出 (jiéchū) (Chinese Mandarin), ardchéim [feminine] (Irish), 傑出 (kesshutsu) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-eminence-en-noun-iBZzUECz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Old Armenian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 61 10 17 8 1 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 5 56 13 15 10 1 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 77 5 9 5 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 66 7 15 7 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 75 4 14 4 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 3 68 9 11 7 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 3 68 9 11 7 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 3 68 9 11 7 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 2 62 10 17 8 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 2 73 7 9 7 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 3 66 9 13 7 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 2 71 8 9 7 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 2 64 11 12 9 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Old Armenian translations: 3 68 9 11 7 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 2 74 7 8 7 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 3 69 9 11 7 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 1 76 6 9 6 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 2 70 9 11 7 2 Disambiguation of 'the quality or state of being eminent': 1 97 1 1 1 0
  3. Prominence in a particular order or accumulation; esteem. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-eminence-en-noun-Xx06~Ouu
  4. (geology) An elevated land area or a hill. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Geology Translations ((geology) an elevated land area or a hill.): mullach [masculine] (Irish) Translations (an elevated land area or a hill): բարձունք (barjunkʻ) (Armenian), възвишение (vǎzvišenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 高地 (kōchi) (Japanese), դար (dar) (Old Armenian), возвышенность (vozvyšennostʹ) (Russian), eminencia (Spanish), prócer (Spanish), tepe (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-eminence-en-noun-kHepWrbN Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of '(geology) an elevated land area or a hill.': 1 11 3 81 4 0 Disambiguation of 'an elevated land area or a hill': 0 5 2 92 1 0
  5. (anatomy) A protuberance. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Anatomy Translations ((anatomy) protuberance): eminència [feminine] (Catalan), еминенција [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), eminencija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), испупчење [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), ispupčenje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), уздигнуће [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), uzdignuće [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), çıkıntı (Turkish), eminans (Turkish), kabartı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-eminence-en-noun-48DRwsrJ Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of '(anatomy) protuberance': 1 9 4 2 84 0
  6. (uncountable) A dark purple color. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Purples
    Sense id: en-eminence-en-noun-WoOG-Ed~ Disambiguation of Purples: 5 24 8 9 21 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: distinction, prominence, renown, celebrity Derived forms: eminence grise, Eminence (english: your Eminence), title of honor for a Roman Catholic cardinal, frontal eminence, gray eminence, grey eminence, hypothenar eminence, ileocecal eminence, median eminence, preeminence

Inflected forms

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    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
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      "word": "eminence grise"
    },
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      "english": "your Eminence",
      "word": "Eminence"
    },
    {
      "word": "title of honor for a Roman Catholic cardinal"
    },
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      "word": "frontal eminence"
    },
    {
      "word": "gray eminence"
    },
    {
      "word": "grey eminence"
    },
    {
      "word": "hypothenar eminence"
    },
    {
      "word": "ileocecal eminence"
    },
    {
      "word": "median eminence"
    },
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      "word": "preeminence"
    }
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    }
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        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "glosses": [
        "Someone of high rank, reputation or social status."
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    },
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      "glosses": [
        "The quality or state of being eminent."
      ],
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          "eminent"
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
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    },
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      "glosses": [
        "Prominence in a particular order or accumulation; esteem."
      ],
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        "uncountable"
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
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          "ref": "1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy:",
          "text": "From the summit of an eminence I had already had a distant view of Osbaldistone Hall, a large and antiquated edifice, peeping out from a Druidical grove of huge oaks [...].",
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        },
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          "ref": "1952, Norman Lewis, Golden Earth:",
          "text": "We stopped for a moment at the golf course to chat with members of the Consular staff, and then drove on to the Consulate, which was set upon an eminence, above evidences of landscape-gardening; a sweep of lawns, with coarse, whitened grass; flower-beds in which larkspur and nasturtiums fought against desperate odds.",
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        "An elevated land area or a hill."
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        [
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          "geology"
        ],
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          "elevated",
          "elevated"
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        "(geology) An elevated land area or a hill."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "geography",
        "geology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
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      "glosses": [
        "A protuberance."
      ],
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          "protuberance"
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        "(anatomy) A protuberance."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
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        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
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        {
          "text": "For quotations using this term, see Citations:eminence."
        },
        {
          "text": "eminence:"
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      "glosses": [
        "A dark purple color."
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        "(uncountable) A dark purple color."
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        "uncountable"
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    {
      "word": "distinction"
    },
    {
      "word": "prominence"
    },
    {
      "word": "renown"
    },
    {
      "word": "celebrity"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "barjunkʻ",
      "sense": "an elevated land area or a hill",
      "word": "բարձունք"
    },
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      "code": "xcl",
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      "roman": "dar",
      "sense": "an elevated land area or a hill",
      "word": "դար"
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      "roman": "vǎzvišenie",
      "sense": "an elevated land area or a hill",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "възвишение"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōchi",
      "sense": "an elevated land area or a hill",
      "word": "高地"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vozvyšennostʹ",
      "sense": "an elevated land area or a hill",
      "word": "возвышенность"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "an elevated land area or a hill",
      "word": "eminencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "an elevated land area or a hill",
      "word": "prócer"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "an elevated land area or a hill",
      "word": "tepe"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "someone of high rank, reputation or social status",
      "word": "顯貴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiǎnguì",
      "sense": "someone of high rank, reputation or social status",
      "word": "显贵"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "someone of high rank, reputation or social status",
      "word": "kiválóság"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "someone of high rank, reputation or social status",
      "word": "sinioro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōmei",
      "sense": "someone of high rank, reputation or social status",
      "word": "高名"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kenki",
      "sense": "someone of high rank, reputation or social status",
      "word": "顕貴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being eminent",
      "word": "傑出"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiéchū",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being eminent",
      "word": "杰出"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being eminent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ardchéim"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kesshutsu",
      "sense": "the quality or state of being eminent",
      "word": "傑出"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "(geology) an elevated land area or a hill.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mullach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "(anatomy) protuberance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eminència"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "(anatomy) protuberance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "еминенција"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "(anatomy) protuberance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eminencija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "(anatomy) protuberance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "испупчење"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "(anatomy) protuberance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ispupčenje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "(anatomy) protuberance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "уздигнуће"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "(anatomy) protuberance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "uzdignuće"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(anatomy) protuberance",
      "word": "çıkıntı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(anatomy) protuberance",
      "word": "eminans"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(anatomy) protuberance",
      "word": "kabartı"
    }
  ],
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    "eminence"
  ],
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}

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