noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Canada, US:/ɑmniˈprɛz(ə)ns/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
rhymes with -ɛzəns
CMU ARPABET:AA2 M N AH0 P R EH1 Z AH0 N S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
The ability to be, or the characteristic of being, at all places at the same time (usually only attributed to God).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
the state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ubiquity, ubiquitousness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: presence
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h3ep-der. Proto-Italic *opnis Latin omnisder. English omni- English presence English omnipresence From omni- + presence.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Asturian:
omnipresencia
— the ability to be at all places at the same time
Basque:
nonnahitasun
— the ability to be at all places at the same time
Bulgarian:
вездесъщие
(vezdesǎštie)
— the ability to be at all places at the same time
Catalan:
omnipresència
— the ability to be at all places at the same time
Chinese Mandarin:
無往不在 /无往不在
(wúwǎngbùzài)
— the ability to be at all places at the same time
Chinese Mandarin:
無所不在 /无所不在
(wúsuǒbùzài)
— the ability to be at all places at the same time
Chinese Mandarin:
到處存在 /到处存在
(dàochùcúnzài)
— the ability to be at all places at the same time
Chinese Mandarin:
遍在
(biànzài)
— the ability to be at all places at the same time
Danish:
allestedsnærværelse
— the ability to be at all places at the same time
Dutch:
alomtegenwoordigheid
— the ability to be at all places at the same time
Esperanto:
ĉieesteco
— the ability to be at all places at the same time
Finnish:
omnipresenssi
— the ability to be at all places at the same time
French:
omniprésence
— the ability to be at all places at the same time
French:
ubiquité
— the ability to be at all places at the same time
Galician:
omnipresenza
— the ability to be at all places at the same time
Georgian:
ყველგანმყოფობა
(q̇velganmq̇opoba)
— the ability to be at all places at the same time
Georgian:
ყველგანსუფევა
(q̇velgansupeva)
— the ability to be at all places at the same time
German:
Allgegenwart
— the ability to be at all places at the same time
German:
Ubiquität
— the ability to be at all places at the same time
German:
Allgegenwärtigkeit
— the ability to be at all places at the same time
Greek:
πανταχού παρών
(pantachoú parón)
— the ability to be at all places at the same time
Hungarian:
mindenütt jelenvalóság
— the ability to be at all places at the same time
Icelandic:
alnánd
— the ability to be at all places at the same time
Ido:
ubiqueso
— the ability to be at all places at the same time
Italian:
onnipresenza
— the ability to be at all places at the same time
Japanese:
遍在
(henzai)
— the ability to be at all places at the same time
Macedonian:
сеприсутност
(seprisutnost)
— the ability to be at all places at the same time
Occitan:
omnipreséncia
— the ability to be at all places at the same time
Polish:
omniprezencja
— the ability to be at all places at the same time
Polish:
wszechobecność
— the ability to be at all places at the same time
Portuguese:
onipresença
— the ability to be at all places at the same time
Romanian:
omniprezență
— the ability to be at all places at the same time
Russian:
вездесу́щность
(vezdesúščnostʹ)
— the ability to be at all places at the same time
Scottish Gaelic:
uile-làthaireachd
— the ability to be at all places at the same time
Serbo-Croatian:
свеприсутност
— the ability to be at all places at the same time
Serbo-Croatian:
sveprisutnost
— the ability to be at all places at the same time
Spanish:
omnipresencia
— the ability to be at all places at the same time
Swedish:
allestädesnärvaro
— the ability to be at all places at the same time
Tagalog:
pagkanasakahitsaan
— the ability to be at all places at the same time