Standard Lemma guide

eminence

name · noun · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈɛmɪnəns/
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1

name

Meaning 1

An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Indiana, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

name

Meaning 2

A ghost town in Finney County, Kansas, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

name

Meaning 3

A home rule city in Henry County, Kentucky, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

name

Meaning 4

A city, the county seat of Shannon County, Missouri, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

noun

Meaning 5

Someone of high rank, reputation or social status.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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6

noun

Meaning 6

The quality or state of being eminent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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7

noun

Meaning 7

Prominence in a particular order or accumulation; esteem.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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8

noun

Meaning 8

An elevated land area or a hill.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

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9

noun

Meaning 9

A protuberance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

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10

noun

Meaning 10

A dark purple color.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:eminence.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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11

noun

Meaning 11

a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tuberosity, tubercle

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: process, outgrowth, appendage

Narrower terms: deltoid tuberosity, deltoid eminence

12

noun

Meaning 12

high status importance owing to marked superiority

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a scholar of great eminence

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: distinction, preeminence, note

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: high status

Narrower terms: king

History

Etymology

From Old French eminence, from Latin ēminentia (“prominence”, “protuberance”; “eminence”, “excellence”).

Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: բարձունք (barjunkʻ) — an elevated land area or a hill
  • Old Armenian: դար (dar) — an elevated land area or a hill
  • Bulgarian: възвишение (vǎzvišenie) — an elevated land area or a hill
  • Catalan: eminència — an elevated land area or a hill
  • Japanese: 高地 (kōchi) — an elevated land area or a hill
  • Macedonian: возвишение (vozvišenie) — an elevated land area or a hill
  • Macedonian: возвишеност (vozvišenost) — an elevated land area or a hill
  • Russian: возвышенность (vozvyšennostʹ) — an elevated land area or a hill
  • Spanish: eminencia — an elevated land area or a hill
  • Spanish: prócer — an elevated land area or a hill
  • Turkish: tepe — an elevated land area or a hill
  • Catalan: eminència — someone of high rank, reputation or social status
  • Chinese Mandarin: 顯貴 /显贵 (xiǎnguì) — someone of high rank, reputation or social status
  • Hungarian: kiválóság — someone of high rank, reputation or social status
  • Ido: sinioro — someone of high rank, reputation or social status
  • Japanese: 高名 (kōmei) — someone of high rank, reputation or social status
  • Japanese: 顕貴 (kenki) — someone of high rank, reputation or social status
  • Macedonian: еминенција (eminencija) — someone of high rank, reputation or social status
  • Macedonian: високопреосвештенство (visokopreosveštenstvo) — someone of high rank, reputation or social status
  • Catalan: eminència — the quality or state of being eminent
  • Chinese Mandarin: 傑出 /杰出 (jiéchū) — the quality or state of being eminent
  • Irish: ardchéim — the quality or state of being eminent
  • Japanese: 傑出 (kesshutsu) — the quality or state of being eminent
  • Macedonian: истакнатост (istaknatost) — the quality or state of being eminent
  • Macedonian: угледност (uglednost) — the quality or state of being eminent
  • Macedonian: еминенција (eminencija) — the quality or state of being eminent
  • Ottoman Turkish: شان (şan) — the quality or state of being eminent
  • Irish: mullach — (geology) an elevated land area or a hill.
  • Catalan: eminència — (anatomy) protuberance
  • Serbo-Croatian: еминенција — (anatomy) protuberance
  • Serbo-Croatian: eminencija — (anatomy) protuberance
  • Serbo-Croatian: испупчење — (anatomy) protuberance
  • Serbo-Croatian: ispupčenje — (anatomy) protuberance
  • Serbo-Croatian: уздигнуће — (anatomy) protuberance
  • Serbo-Croatian: uzdignuće — (anatomy) protuberance
  • Turkish: çıkıntı — (anatomy) protuberance
  • Turkish: eminans — (anatomy) protuberance
  • Turkish: kabartı — (anatomy) protuberance
  • Ottoman Turkish: تومسك (tümsek) — (anatomy) protuberance