predominant

See also: prédominant

English

Alternative forms

prædominant (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French prédominant.

Adjective

predominant (comparative more predominant, superlative most predominant)

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

Derived terms

predominantly

Related terms

Translations

common or widespread; prevalent

Catalan: predominant (ca)
Czech: převažující
Finnish: vallitseva (fi)
Galician: predominante
Hungarian: túlnyomó (hu)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: fremherskende (no)
Polish: przeważający (pl)
Russian: преоблада́ющий (ru) (preobladájuščij)
Spanish: predominante (es)

significant or important; dominant

Catalan: predominant (ca)
Finnish: vallitseva (fi), hallitseva (fi)
Galician: predominante
Georgian: გაბატონებული (gabaṭonebuli)
Hungarian: uralkodó (hu)

Irish: ardcheannasach
Polish: dominujący
Russian: госпо́дствующий (ru) (gospódstvujuščij), домини́рующий (ru) (dominírujuščij)
Spanish: predominante (es)

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French: ^{(please verify)} prédominant (fr)
Italian: predominante (all)

Swedish: ^{(please verify)} dominerande (sv), ^{(please verify)} förhärskande (sv), ^{(please verify)} övervägande (sv)

Noun

predominant (plural predominants)

(music) A subdominant.

Further reading

predominant at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Adjective

predominant (masculine and feminine plural predominants)

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.

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