FromLatinredundāns, present participle ofredundō(“to overflow, redound”), fromred-(“again, back”) +undō(“to surge, flood”), fromunda(“a wave”).
redundant (comparativemoreredundant,superlativemostredundant)
- Superfluous;exceeding what isnecessary,no longerneeded.
1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “A Further Account of the Academy. […]”, inTravels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […],→OCLC, part III (A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdribb, Luggnagg, and Japan),page82:It is allowed, that Senates and great Councils are often troubled withredundant, ebullient, and other peccant Humours, with many Diſeaſes of the Head and more of the Heart;[…]
1822,John Barclay, chapter I, inAn Inquiry Into the Opinions, Ancient and Modern, Concerning Life and Organization[1], Edinburgh; London: Bell & Bradfute; Waugh & Innes; G. & W. B. Whittaker, section I,page 1:In the living state, the body is observed to receivealiment; toassimilate a part; to evacuate what isredundant or useless;[…]
2020 December 16, “Network News: "Robust case" for Fawley branch reopening”, inRail, page14:A key driver has been the approval of a new housing and employment development calledFawley Waterside, with 1,500 homes planned on the site of aredundant power station on the edge ofSouthampton Water.
2021 December 15, Robin Leleux, “Awards honour the best restoration projects: The Network Rail Community Award: Saltash and Stow”, inRAIL, number946, page58:Two entrants shared this award for their work on two quite different stations, but with the same purpose of bringing aredundant station building back into use for the benefit of the community, with the added result of conserving an historic building.
- (of words, writing, etc)Repetitive orneedlesslywordy.
- (chiefly British, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia)Dismissed fromemployment because no longerneeded.
- Synonym:surplus to requirements
Four employees were maderedundant.
- Duplicating or able to duplicate the function of anothercomponent of asystem, providingbackup in the event the other component fails.
2013, Tom Denton,Automobile Electrical and Electronic Systems, page142:The two lines are mainly used forredundant and therefore fault-tolerant message transmission, but they can also transmit different messages.
- (networking, oftopology) Containingduplicate pathways to send a message.
superfluous
- Arabic:فَائِض (ar) m(fāʔiḍ),زَائِد m(zāʔid)
- Armenian:ավելորդ (hy)(avelord)
- Basque:gehiegizko
- Bulgarian:излишен (bg)(izlišen)
- Catalan:redundant (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin:冗杂 (zh)(rǒngzá),冗余 (zh)(rǒngyú)
- Czech:nadbytečný
- Danish:overflødig (da)
- Dutch:overbodig (nl),overtollig (nl),achterhaald (nl)
- Esperanto:superflua
- Estonian:ülearune,üleliigne
- Finnish:liiallinen (fi)
- French:redondant (fr)
- Galician:redundante
- Georgian:ზედმეტი(zedmeṭi),ნამეტი(nameṭi),გადამეტებული(gadameṭebuli),ჭარბი(č̣arbi)
- German:überflüssig (de)
- Greek:πλεονάζων (el)(pleonázon),παραπανίσιος (el)(parapanísios),υπεράριθμος (el)(yperárithmos),περισσός (el)(perissós)
- Hebrew:מיותר (he)(meyutár)
- Hungarian:felesleges (hu),redundáns (hu),szükségtelen (hu),mellőzhető (hu),nélkülözhető (hu)
- Icelandic:please add this translation if you can
- Indonesian:please add this translation if you can
- Irish:iomarcach
- Italian:ridondante (it),iperverboso,copioso (it),sovrabbondante (it),pleonastico (it)
- Korean:여분의(yeobunui),불필요한(bulpiryohan)
- Latvian:lieks
- Lithuanian:perteklinis,nereikalingas
- Macedonian:излишен(izlišen)
- Manchu:ᠯᠠᠮᡦᠠ(lampa)
- Māori:tāwere
- Mongolian:please add this translation if you can
- Norwegian:overflødig (no)
- Persian:افرونگی(afzunegi)
- Polish:nadmiarowy (pl),nadmierny (pl),redundantny (pl)(literally)
- Portuguese:redundante (pt)
- Romanian:redundant (ro)
- Russian:изли́шний (ru)(izlíšnij)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic:су̏вӣшан,и̏злишан,редунда̀нтан
- Latin:sȕvīšan (sh),ȉzlišan (sh),redundàntan (sh),zalihosan
- Slovak:nadbytočný,prebytočný,redundantný
- Slovene:odvečen
- Spanish:superfluo (es),redundante (es)
- Swedish:överflödig (sv)
- Thai:please add this translation if you can
- Turkish:ihtiyaçtan fazla,fazla (tr),gereğinden fazla,lüzumundan fazla (tr),yedek (tr)(backup),lüzumsuz (tr),gereksiz (tr)
- Ottoman Turkish:آرتق(artık)
- Ukrainian:надлишковий(nadlyškovyj)
- Vietnamese:rườm rà (vi),dư thừa
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- “redundant”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney,Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “redundant”, inThe Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.:The Century Co.,→OCLC.
- “redundant”, inOneLook Dictionary Search.
Borrowed fromLatinredundantem.
redundant m orf (masculine and feminine pluralredundants)
- redundant
Borrowed fromEnglishredundant.
redundant (comparativeredundanter,superlativeredundantst)
- redundant
- Synonyms:overbodig,overtollig,boventallig,onnodig
Ultimately borrowed fromLatinredundans.
redundant (strong nominative masculine singularredundanter,comparativeredundanter,superlativeamredundantesten)
- redundant
- Synonym:überzählig
Positive forms ofredundant
Comparative forms ofredundant
Superlative forms ofredundant
redundant
- third-personpluralpresentactiveindicative ofredundō
Borrowed fromEnglishredundant andFrenchredondant, fromLatinredundans.
redundant m orn (feminine singularredundantă,masculine pluralredundanți,feminine/neuter pluralredundante)
- redundant
