culminant
English
Etymology
From French culminant.
Adjective
culminant (comparative more culminant, superlative most culminant)
- being vertical, or at the highest point of altitude
- (by extension) predominant
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for culminant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /kul.miˈnant/
- (Central) IPA(key): /kul.miˈnan/
- Rhymes: -ant
Adjective
culminant (masculine and feminine plural culminants)
- culminating
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kyl.mi.nɑ̃/
Audio (file) Audio (Paris) (file) - Homophone: culminants
Adjective
culminant (feminine culminante, masculine plural culminants, feminine plural culminantes)
- highest (typically of mountains)
Participle
culminant
- present participle of culminer
Further reading
- “culminant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
Etymology
From French culminant.
Adjective
culminant m or n (feminine singular culminantă, masculine plural culminanți, feminine and neuter plural culminante)
- culminating
Declension
Declension of culminant
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | culminant | culminantă | culminanți | culminante | ||
| definite | culminantul | culminanta | culminanții | culminantele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | culminant | culminante | culminanți | culminante | ||
| definite | culminantului | culminantei | culminanților | culminantelor | |||