FromAnglo-Norman paramont paramount ( “ paramount, pre-eminent; above ” ) , fromOld French par per ( “ by ” ) +amont amunt ( “ upward ” ) .[ 1] Par is derived fromLatin per ( “ by means of, through ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *per- ( “ to go through; to carry forth, fare ” ) ;[ 2] amont andamunt are fromLatin ad montem ( “ to the mountain; upward ” ) , fromad ( “ up to ” ) (ultimately fromProto-Indo-European *h₂éd ( “ at; to ” ) ) +montem accusative singular ofmōns ( “ mount, mountain ” ) , ultimately fromProto-Indo-European *men- ( “ to stand out, tower ” ) ).[ 3]
paramount (notcomparable )
( often postpositive ) Highest ,supreme ; also,chief ,leading ,pre-eminent .Synonym: utmost Antonyms: paravail ( of a feudal tenant ) [Term?] 1834 L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon] , chapter XIV, inFrancesca Carrara. [ … ] , volume II, London:Richard Bentley , [ … ] Henry Colburn ),→OCLC page168 :Hitherto she had chiefly dwelt on her unkindness and neglect; but absence, like charity, covers a multitude of sins; and the thought nowparamount was, that she should see her no more.
1963 Margery Allingham , “Eye Witness”, inThe China Governess: A Mystery Chatto & Windus ,→OCLC page249 :The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen.[ …] paramount sin in Man's private calendar, took most of them by surprise although they had been well prepared.
Of the highestimportance .Synonyms: crucial imperative see also Thesaurus:important Antonyms: see Thesaurus:insignificant Getting those credit cards paid off isparamount .
( obsolete ) law ,right , etc.: havingprecedence over orsuperior to another.Synonyms: see Thesaurus:superior Arabic:أعلى فائق ( 'aelaa fayiq ) Bulgarian:върховен (bg) ( vǎrhoven ) ,висш (bg) ( visš ) Chinese:Mandarin:無上 / 无上 (zh) ( wúshàng ) ,至高無上 / 至高无上 (zh) ( zhìgāowúshàng ) ,最高 的 ( zuìgāode ) Dutch:opperste (nl) Finnish:tärkein (fi) Georgian:უმაღლესი ( umaɣlesi ) German:hervorragend (de) ,höchst (de) ,überragend (de) ,vorrangig (de) Gujarati:સર્વોચ્ચ ( sarvocc ) Hindi:सर्वोच्च ( sarvocc ) ,सर्वोपरि (hi) ( sarvopri ) Kazakh:абзал (kk) ( abzal ) Macedonian:вр́ховен ( vŕhoven ) Manx:ard-chummaghtagh ard-niartal ard-scanshoil Pashto:عالي (ps) ( aeli ) Polish:prymarny (pl) Portuguese:vital (pt) ,supremo (pt) ,sumo (pt) Romanian:suprem (ro) Russian:первостепе́нный (ru) ( pervostepénnyj ) ,вы́сший (ru) ( výsšij ) Spanish:supremo (es) ,sumo (es) Swedish:överlägsen (sv) Turkish:azam (tr) ,ulu (tr) ,yüce (tr) Ukrainian:верхо́вний (uk) ( verxóvnyj )
of the highest importance
Arabic:أساسي (ar) ( 'asasiun ) Bulgarian:най-важен ( naj-važen ) Chinese:Mandarin:至高 的 ( zhìgāode ) French:capital (fr) ,primordial (fr) Hindi:सर्वोच्च ( sarvocc ) Hungarian:mindenek felett való (hu) Italian:capitale (it) ,essenziale (it) ,fondamentale (it) ,primordiale (it) ,prioritario (it) Macedonian:прво́степен ( prvóstepen ) ,на́јважен ( nájvažen ) Pashto:پارا مائونټ Portuguese:primordial (pt) m or f Russian:главне́йший (ru) ( glavnéjšij ) ,краеуго́льный (ru) ( krajeugólʹnyj ) ,первостепе́нный (ru) ( pervostepénnyj ) ,приорите́тный (ru) ( prioritétnyj ) ,важне́йший (ru) ( važnéjšij ) ,архива́жный (ru) ( arxivážnyj )
paramount (plural paramounts
Achief orsuperior ;( specifically, chiefly South Africa ) African chief having thehighest status in aregion ; aparamount chief . ( obsolete ) supreme ruler ; anoverlord ;( specifically, historical ) feudal system , alandowner who did notderive ownership of theland from anyone else, and who was able togrant fees to others; alord paramount .African chief having the highest status in a region
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