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"prominent (well known, important)" in seven languages

Meaningprominent (well known, important)

Spanish

prominente

/pɾomiˈnente/

learned

Destacado is the more common word for a person.

French

éminent

/eminɑ̃/

other source · Latin ĒMINENTEM 'standing out' (learned)

Proéminent exists, but only for physical bulges: un nez proéminent.

Italian

prominente

/promiˈnɛnte/

learned

Di spicco is common for people: un politico di spicco.

Portuguese

proeminente

/proemiˈnẽtʃi/

learned

Romanian

proeminent

/proemiˈnent/

borrowed · French proéminent

Catalan

destacat

/dəstəˈkat/

other source · destacar 'to stand out', a Romance loan of uncertain route (cf. French détacher, Italian staccare)

English

prominent

/ˈpɹɑmənənt/

from Latin/French · Latin PRŌMINENTEM

English → Italianprominent (well known, important)prominenteCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

PRŌMINENTEM‘jutting out (PRŌMINĒRE)’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

PRŌMINĒRE 'to jut forward' and ĒMINĒRE 'to stand out' are siblings from the same root. French keeps proéminent for noses and chins and uses éminent for people.

English relatives: eminent, imminent

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In a sentence

  • esEs una abogada destacada.
  • frC'est une avocate éminente.
  • itÈ un'avvocata di spicco.
  • ptEla é uma advogada proeminente.
  • roEste o avocată proeminentă.
  • caÉs una advocada destacada.
  • enShe is a prominent lawyer.

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