Standard Lemma guide

prevalent

adj · noun · 4 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛvələnt/
  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈveɪlənt/ reshaped after related prevail also
  • California, Southern: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈpɹevələnt/
  • CMU ARPABET: P R EH1 V AH0 L AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Widespread or preferred.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Superior in frequency or dominant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A species that is prevalent in a certain area.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

most frequent or common

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • prevailing winds

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: prevailing, predominant, dominant, rife

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin praevalēns. By surface analysis, pre- + -valent.

Across languages

Translations

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُنْتَشِر (muntašir) — widespread, preferred
  • Bulgarian: преобладаващ (preobladavašt) — widespread, preferred
  • Bulgarian: широко разпространен (široko razprostranen) — widespread, preferred
  • Chinese Mandarin: 廣泛 /广泛 (guǎngfàn) — widespread, preferred
  • Chinese Mandarin: 流行 (liúxíng) — widespread, preferred
  • Chinese Mandarin: 普遍 (pǔbiàn) — widespread, preferred
  • Chinese Mandarin: 盛行 (shèngxíng) — widespread, preferred
  • Czech: převládající — widespread, preferred
  • Dutch: heersend — widespread, preferred
  • Dutch: wijdverspreid — widespread, preferred
  • Finnish: vallitseva — widespread, preferred
  • French: répandu — widespread, preferred
  • Galician: prevalente — widespread, preferred
  • German: beherrschend — widespread, preferred
  • German: maßgeblich — widespread, preferred
  • German: vorherrschend — widespread, preferred
  • German: (weit) verbreitet — widespread, preferred
  • Greek: επικρατών (epikratón) — widespread, preferred
  • Hungarian: általános — widespread, preferred
  • Hungarian: domináns — widespread, preferred
  • Hungarian: elterjedt — widespread, preferred
  • Hungarian: egyetemes — widespread, preferred
  • Hungarian: meghatározó — widespread, preferred
  • Hungarian: túlsúlyban lévő — widespread, preferred
  • Italian: imminente — widespread, preferred
  • Italian: incalzante — widespread, preferred
  • Italian: predominante — widespread, preferred
  • Japanese: 繁栄する (han'ei suru) — widespread, preferred
  • Korean: 번영하다 (beonyeonghada) — widespread, preferred
  • Macedonian: распро́странет (raspróstranet) — widespread, preferred
  • Norwegian Bokmål: utbredt — widespread, preferred
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rådende — widespread, preferred
  • Norwegian Bokmål: herskende — widespread, preferred
  • Portuguese: predominante — widespread, preferred
  • Romanian: prevalent — widespread, preferred
  • Romanian: preponderent — widespread, preferred
  • Russian: преоблада́ющий (preobladájuščij) — widespread, preferred
  • Russian: распространённый (rasprostranjónnyj) — widespread, preferred
  • Serbo-Croatian: преовлађујући (preovlađujući) — widespread, preferred
  • Spanish: dominante — widespread, preferred
  • Spanish: mayoritario — widespread, preferred
  • Swedish: utbredd — widespread, preferred
  • Swedish: spridd — widespread, preferred
  • Swedish: vedertagen — widespread, preferred
  • Swedish: gängse — widespread, preferred
  • Turkish: her yerde bulunan — widespread, preferred
  • Ukrainian: поширений (pošyrenyj) — widespread, preferred
  • Vietnamese: phổ biến — widespread, preferred
  • Vietnamese: thông thường — widespread, preferred
  • Vietnamese: thông dụng — widespread, preferred
  • Vietnamese: thịnh hành — widespread, preferred
  • Bulgarian: господстващ (gospodstvašt) — superior in frequency or dominant
  • Dutch: overwegend — superior in frequency or dominant
  • Dutch: overheersend — superior in frequency or dominant
  • French: prévalent — superior in frequency or dominant
  • German: überwiegend — superior in frequency or dominant
  • German: vorherrschend — superior in frequency or dominant
  • German: beherrschend — superior in frequency or dominant
  • Italian: prevalente — superior in frequency or dominant
  • Macedonian: преовладу́вачки (preovladúvački) — superior in frequency or dominant
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rådende — superior in frequency or dominant
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fremherskende — superior in frequency or dominant
  • Portuguese: prevalente — superior in frequency or dominant
  • Spanish: prevalente — superior in frequency or dominant
  • Spanish: predominante — superior in frequency or dominant
  • Ukrainian: переважаючий (perevažajučyj) — superior in frequency or dominant
  • Ukrainian: переважний (perevažnyj) — superior in frequency or dominant
  • Vietnamese: thường gặp — superior in frequency or dominant
  • Vietnamese: thường thấy — superior in frequency or dominant
  • Vietnamese: thông thường — superior in frequency or dominant
  • Vietnamese: thông dụng — superior in frequency or dominant