preeminência
Portuguese, noun/pɾe.e.miˈnẽ.sjɐ/
preeminência is spelled P-R-E-E-M-I-N-Ê-N-C-I-A (12 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 101,652nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Preeminência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “preeminence, superiority, greatness, excellence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualidade ou estado do que é preeminente”.
What does preeminência mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepreeminence, superiority, greatness, excellence
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. qualidade ou estado do que é preeminente 2. o superior de uma escala hierárquica 3. hegemonia, primazia, preponderância, superioridade
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of preeminência
- preeminências plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce preeminência?
- Brazil /pɾe.e.miˈnẽ.sjɐ/
- Brazil /pɾi.e.miˈnẽ.sjɐ/
- Brazil /pɾje.miˈnẽ.sjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to preeminência
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is preeminência in Portuguese?
preeminência appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).