paramount

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. (not-comparable, often, postpositional) Highest, supreme; also, chief, leading, pre-eminent.
2. (not-comparable) Of the highest importance.
3. (not-comparable, obsolete) Of a law, right, etc.: having precedence over or superior to another.

Noun

1. A chief or superior; (specifically, chiefly South Africa) an African chief having the highest status in a region; a paramount chief.
2. (obsolete) A supreme ruler; an overlord; (specifically, historical) in the feudal system, a landowner who did not derive ownership of the land from anyone else, and who was able to grant fees to others; a lord paramount.

Concepts

primordial

souverain

suprême

prépondérant

capital

vital

Opposé de

paravail, important, significant, weighty, noteworthy, consequential

Synonymes

supreme

highest

predominant

prime

uppermost

maximum

overriding

chief

primary

greatest

sovereign

predominate

leading

preponderant

preponderating

top

🔝

primal

primordial

principal

senior official

staple

superb

superior

superlative

tallest

topmost

uncontrolled

utmost

without a controller

best

particular one

ascendent

crowning

crucial

dominant

eminent

excellent

foremost

fundamental

head

high

master

most important

outstanding

pre-eminent

prevalent

Traductions

supremo

höchst

υπέρτατος

supremo

superior

ανώτατος

âlâ

capitale

supremo

σπουδαίος

capital

soberano

höchste

primordial

üstün

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈpæɹəmaʊnt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

PIE word
*h₂éd
From Anglo-Norman paramont, paramount (“paramount, pre-eminent; above”), from Old French par, per (“by”) + amont, amunt (“upward”). Par is derived from Latin per (“by means of, through”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go through; to carry forth, fare”); amont and amunt are from Latin ad montem (“to the mountain; upward”), from ad (“up to”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“at; to”)) + montem (the accusative singular of mōns (“mount, mountain”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out, tower”)).