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Definition: Paramount |
ParamountAdjective1. Having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "paramount" was first used: 1531. (references) |
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Paramount can refer to:
- Paramount Pictures - a motion picture company
- Paramount Records - a record label
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Paramount Pictures is a large United States based motion picture company.The Paramount company was founded by W. W. Hodkinson on May 8, 1912, as a merger of 11 film rental bureaus, Paramount was the first company that did nationwide distribution, thus gaining a huge efficiency advantage over the old regional States' Rights system. The company did 5-year exclusive contracts with Adolph Zukor's Famous Players, Jesse Lasky's Feature Play and with Bosworth, the contracts were expanded to 25 years later (see Vertical Integration). Paramount also introduced the block-booking system, which meant that an exhibitor who wanted to show a particular Famous Players movie had to buy an entire package, containing a set of (mostly mediocre) films from all companies that worked together with Paramount. This system was very efficient for the involved production firms and in 1917, Adolph Zukor bought Paramount and merged it with Famous Players.
The new firm was called Paramount Pictures Corporation, and was the dominating force in the American market, it had most of the major stars under contract (like Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks). Adolph Zukor also fired W. W. Hodkinson, who founded First National to challenge Paramount's power. First National controlled a large portion of the nation's cinemas and thus Paramount decided to build its own chain of cinemas and achieved yet greater control of the market (in 1920, it controlled 5000 cinemas, 25% of the market). In 1919, First National and Paramount planned to merge, to gain full control of the market and to cut production cost, because they figured that stars couldn't demand huge sums if there was only one major company to work for. But the plan was uncovered by a private eye hired by Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and David Wark Griffith, who wanted to know why the major companies did not prolong their contracts. In reaction to the plan, they decided to found their own distribution company, United Artists, which effectively ended the efforts to found a monopoly. Nevertheless, Paramount was one of the dominating companies in the Second Oligopoly until the United States Supreme Court split the company in two in 1949.
After World War II, Paramount struggled to keep up with the changing movie business. It sold its pre-1950 back catalog of features to MCA (then a talent agency and fledgling TV production company); when the company was split, the theater half became United Paramount Theatres, which later merged with ABC. Paramount also had a hand in creating (and, ultimately, destroying) the DuMont network through its ownership of Los Angeles TV station KTLA.
In 1966, Paramount was purchased by Gulf+Western, an industrial conglomerate. Gulf+Western also purchased the Desilu television studio from Lucille Ball the next year, reincorporating it as Paramount Television. G+W installed producer and actor Robert Evans as studio head; this proved to be a smart move, as in the next 10 years Paramount would become the #1 studio in Hollywood, and produce such classics as the Godfather series and Rosemary's Baby, despite Evans' snarky personality and penchant for getting himself into trouble. Above him were first Frank Yablans and then Barry Diller, each answering to G&W chief Charles Bluhdorn. Paramount Television was also very successful, creating such classics as Happy Days, The Brady Bunch, and Cheers, and maintaining the Star Trek franchise that had exploded in the early 1970s after NBC's cancellation of the series in 1969.
Paramount's successful run extended into the 1980s and 1990s, generating such hits as the Friday The 13th slasher series, Raiders of the Lost Ark and its sequels, Beverly Hills Cop (part of a string of films starring comedian Eddie Murphy) and the Star Trek feature films, as well as Oscar winners like Atlantic City and Forrest Gump. By this time, G+W had sold off most of its industrial divisions, and in 1989, they changed their name to Paramount Communications. In 1993, Viacom entered a bid to purchase the studio, which they won in 1994.
Paramount Pictures was unconnected to Paramount Records, until it purchased the rights to use Paramount Records' name (but not its back catalogue) in the late 1960s. Paramount used the name to publish soundtrack albums and pop records from the Dot Records back catalogue, since Dot had been switched over to all-country [1]. In 1974, Paramount sold all of their record holdings to ABC Records.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Paramount Pictures."
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Paramount Records was a United States based record label, best known for its recordings of African-American jazz and blues.
Label of a Paramount record from 1926Paramount Records was founded in the 1910s as a subsidiary of the Wisconsin Chair Company of Port Washington, Wisconsin, Fred Dennett Key, director. The chair company had made some wooden phonograph cabinets by contract for Edison Records. Wisconsin Chair decided to start making its own line of phonographs with a subsidiary called the United Phonograph Corporation at the end of 1915. It made phonographs under the Vista brand name through the end of the decade; the line failed commercially.
In 1918 a line of phonograph disc records was debuted with the Paramount label. They were recorded and pressed by Chair Company subsidiary The New York Recording Laboratories, Incorporated, which despite its name was located in the same Wisconsin factory complex as the parent concern.
In its initial years, the Paramount label fared only slightly better than the Vista Phonograph line.. The product had little to distinguish itself. Parmaount offered recordings of standard pop-music fare, on records recorded with below average audio fidelity pressed in below average quality shellac.
In the early 1920s, Paramount was still racking up debts for the Chair Company while producing no net profit.
Paramount began offering to press records for other companies at low prices.
The Paramount Record pressing plant was contracted to press discs for Black Swan Records. When that later company floundered, Paramount bought out Black Swan and thus got into the business of making recordings by and for African-Americans. These so-called "race music" records became Paramount's most famous and lucrative business.
Most of Paramount's race music recordings were arranged by Black entrepreneur Mayo Williams. Mayo had no official position with Paramount, but was given wide latitude to bring African-American talent to Paramount recording studios and to market Paramount records to African-American consumers. Williams did not know at the time that the "race market" had become Paramount's prime business, and he was essentially keeping the label afloat.
Paramount is best known for its wealth of recordings of blues and jazz in the 1920s and early 1930s, including such artists as Ma Rainey and Blind Lemon Jefferson.
The Great Depression drove many record companies out of business, and the initial incarnation of Paramount closed down in 1935.
In 1942 the then-inactive Paramount Records company was purchased from Wisconsin Chair Company by John Steiner, who revived the label for reissues of important historical Paramount recordings as well as new recordings of jazz and blues.
The rights to the portion of Paramount's back catalogue not yet in the Public domain are now owned by George H. Buck as part of his Jazzology Records group, but use of the name "Paramount Records" was purchased from Buck by Paramount Pictures, a previously unconnected company.
List of record labels
External Links
- Online Paramount Discography at the Mills Music Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Paramount Album Discography mostly on later Paramount; has some of the label's history wrong
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Paramount Records."
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Paramount is a city located in Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 55,266.Geography
Paramount is located at 33°53'60" North, 118°9'60" West (33.899915, -118.166651)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 12.5 km² (4.8 mi²). 12.3 km² (4.7 mi²) of it is land and 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 2.07% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 55,266 people, 13,972 households, and 11,331 families residing in the city. The population density is 4,511.3/km² (11,678.3/mi²). There are 14,591 housing units at an average density of 1,191.0/km² (3,083.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 34.70% White, 13.59% African American, 1.06% Native American, 3.35% Asian, 0.84% Pacific Islander, 41.69% from other races, and 4.78% from two or more races. 72.28% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 13,972 households out of which 55.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.3% are married couples living together, 21.7% have a female householder with no husband present, and 18.9% are non-families. 14.6% of all households are made up of individuals and 4.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 3.93 and the average family size is 4.31. In the city the population is spread out with 36.9% under the age of 18, 12.0% from 18 to 24, 31.9% from 25 to 44, 14.0% from 45 to 64, and 5.2% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 26 years. For every 100 females there are 96.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 93.3 males. The median income for a household in the city is $36,749, and the median income for a family is $37,276. Males have a median income of $27,730 versus $22,472 for females. The per capita income for the city is $11,487. 21.9% of the population and 19.1% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 27.5% are under the age of 18 and 10.5% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Paramount, California."
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The United Paramount Network (UPN) is a television network in the United States, which attracts a relatively small audience. UPN's parent Viacom Inc. also owns the more widespread CBS network.It formerly broadcast the Star Trek series, Star Trek: Voyager.
Recently, as Voyager's 7-season run came to an end, UPN began broadcasting the newest Star Trek spin-off, Enterprise. UPN also bought the rights to broadcast the television show Buffy, The Vampire Slayer from the Warner Brothers network.
The network also produced some special programs. For example, they presented the Iron Chef USA program during Christmas 2001.
See List of programs broadcast by UPN.
External Link
- UPN Official Site
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "United Paramount Network."
Synonyms: ParamountSynonyms: overriding (adj), predominant (adj), predominate (adj), preponderant (adj), preponderating (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Authority | Adjective: at the head, dominant, paramount, supreme, predominant, preponderant, in the ascendant, influential; arbitrary; compulsory; : stringent. |
Importance | Paramount, essential, vital, all-absorbing, radical, cardinal, chief, main, prime, primary, principal, leading, capital, foremost, overruling; of vital; importance. |
Master | Noun: master, padrone; lord, lord paramount; commander, commandant; captain; chief, chieftain; sirdar, sachem, sheik, head, senior, governor, ruler, dictator; leader; (director); boss,Noun: master, padrone; lord, lord paramount; commander, commandant; captain; chief, chieftain; sirdar, sachem, sheik, head, senior, governor, ruler, dictator; leader; (director); boss, cockarouse, sagamore, werowance. |
Possessor | Land holder, land owner, landlord, land lady, slumlord; lord of the manor, lord paramount; heritor, laird, vavasour, landed gentry, mesne lord; planter. |
Property | Absolute interest, paramount estate, freehold; fee tail, fee simple; estate in fee, estate in tail, estate tail; estate in tail male, estate in tail female, estate in tail general. |
Superiority | Supreme, greatest, utmost, paramount, preeminent, foremost, crowning; first-rate; (important), (excellent); unrivaled peerless, matchless; none such, second to none, sans pareil; unparagoned, unparalleled, unequalled, unapproached, unsurpassed; superlative, inimitable facile princeps, incomparable, sovereign, without parallel, nulli secundus, ne plus ultra; beyond compare, beyond comparison; culminating; (topmost); transcendent, transcendental;plus royaliste que le Roi, more catholic than the Pope |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Paramount |
| English words defined with "paramount": Allodial ♦ Chiefrie ♦ paramountcy, Paramountly ♦ Tenant in capite, Tenant in chief. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "paramount": Grey Mare ♦ Omphale ♦ Well of St. Keyne. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "paramount": Paravail. (references) |
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Screenplays | We're doing a goddamn Paramount motion picture, and we can't put on fog and lights at the same time (Making of 'Jackass: The Movie'; writing credit: Danny Miller) I'm the girl who works for Paramount all day, and Fox all night (Sextette; writing credit: Herbert Baker) | |
Lyrics | And truth was paramount. (Don't Cry; performing artist: Seal) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Paramount Pacemaker: Touchdown Highlights (1954) Take It Away! Paramount Pacemaker: Radio (1947) Paramount Pacemaker: It Could Happen to You (1947) | |
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 | Actor John Wayne (top left, dressed as a Rear Admiral) on the ship's bridge circa August 1964, during the filming of the motion picture "In Harm's Way". A Paramount Studios camera crew is in the foreground. Credit: NAVY. |  | That perplexing paramount plank!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The Rialto, 7th Ave., Broadway, south from 46th St., showing Times Building and Paramount Theatre Building. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Anne Cornwall, half-length portrait, standing, facing front, listening to radio in Paramount studio, Los Angeles. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Writer Dorothy Parker and husband, actor/author Alan Campbell, collaborate on a dramatization of Parker's story "One Hour Late" for Paramount. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | A line of teenage girls, holding Song Hits magazine, waiting for singer Frank Sinatra to arrive at the Paramount Theatre, New York, New York. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Paramount presents Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, William Bendix [and] Sir Cedric Hardwicke in Mark Twain's "A Yankee in King Arthur's Court". Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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Matthew Arnold | The paramount virtue of religion is that it has lighted up morality. |
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Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | The constitution is either a superior, paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary legislative acts, and, like other acts, is alterable when the legislature shall please to alter it. (reference) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | In these instances, the titers of specific antibodies are of paramount importance. (references) | |
Given the large toll of TBI and absence of a cure, prevention is of paramount importance. (references) | ||
A comprehensive patient examination is paramount to identify preexisting oral problems that have the potential to affect the course of cancer therapy. (references) | ||
Business | Communication is paramount. (references) | |
It is growing at an average rate of 6.5% annually and is considered of paramount importance to the Egyptian economy. (references) | ||
Since there are practically no local producers (factories in Bucharest, Cluj, and Timisoara turn out instruments and reagents valued at no more than $0.5 million per year), imports are of paramount importance. (references) | ||
Economic History | Liberia | There are clan chiefs, paramount chiefs, and district commissioners. (references) |
Belgium | At the industrial level, where price/technical factors are usually paramount, the language issue is not particularly significant; but at the consumer level, issues such as labeling and marketing strategies take on greater importance. (references) | |
Chile | While price remains paramount in purchasing decisions, factors such as quality, durability, technology, good customer support, and a strong regional service structure influence the purchase decision, with the order of importance depending on the industry, the customer and the application. (references) | |
Human Rights | Guatemala | The Commission defined the paramount challenge facing the country as the creation of a judicial system that offers effective protection for the rights of the population. (references) |
Minorities | Ghana | The dispute was resolved in May 2000 after the Ashanti paramount chief gave formal recognition to the Sika-O-Sika faction's leadership claim. (references) |
Political Economy | China | The People's Republic of China (PRC) is an authoritarian state in which the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is the paramount source of power. (references) |
Political Rights | Fiji | Included in the 1997 Constitution was a strengthened bill of rights and a compact among the country's citizens to protect their respective rights and interests; however, the Constitution acknowledged that the interests of indigenous Fijians remained paramount and could not be subordinated to the interests of other communities. (references) |
China | In general, the election and agenda of people's congresses at all levels remain under the firm control of the CCP, the paramount source of political authority. (references) | |
Trade | Norway | Quality assurance is paramount for all equipment destined for the Norwegian offshore market, and is generally preferred in the inland market. (references) |
Women | Sierra Leone | In the south, the Mende tribe has a number of female paramount chiefs. (references) |
Sierra Leone | However, in the Temne tribe, women cannot become paramount chiefs. (references) | |
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Zachary Taylor | 1849-1850 | I shall look with confidence to the enlightened patriotism of that body to adopt such measures of conciliation as may harmonize conflicting interests and tend to perpetuate that Union which should be the paramount object of our hopes and affections. |
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| "Paramount" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 86.63% of the time. "Paramount" is used about 605 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 86.63% | 524 | 11,646 |
| Noun (proper) | 13.37% | 81 | 36,835 |
| Total | 100.00% | 605 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Canada | Paramount Resources Ltd | Japan | Paramount Bed Co., Ltd. |
| Malaysia | Paramount Corporation Berhad | South Africa | Paramount Property Fund Ltd. |
| United Kingdom | Paramount PLC | ||
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1. Paramount, CA (city, FIPS 55618) |
Expressions using "paramount": hull paramount clause ♦ Lady paramount ♦ Lord paramount ♦ of paramount importance ♦ paramount clause ♦ paramount war clause. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "paramount": Paramount-uip. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "paramount"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | allesbeheersend (of paramount importance, predominating). (various references) | |
Albanian | suprem (imperial, superlative, supreme), i lartë (altisonant, big, considerable, elevated, eminent, exalted, first, high, high pitched, higher, lofty, overhead, pre eminent, rank, soaring, sonorous, stalwart, towering), i epërm. (various references) | |
Arabic | مهم (important, in the first flight, leading, main, remarkable, serious, signify, sizable, substantial), عاهل (king, monarch, prince, sovereign), أساسي (absolute, alkaline, basal, base, capital, cardinal, close, constitutional, formal, fundamental, imperative, indispensable, innate, inward, leading, main, major, material, momentous, nub, organic, overriding, piece de resistance, primal, primary, principal, radical, right, staple, substantial, ultimate, underling), أعلى (above, chief, maximal, maximum, super, superior, supreme, terminal, top, topmost, upmost, upper, uttermost), أعظم (greater, super, utmost, uttermost). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | върховен (crowning, high, imperial, meridian, sovereign, supreme), висш (crowning, empyreal, high, imperial, sovereign), първостепенен (first class, first rate, primary, prime, ranking). (various references) | |
Chinese | 至高 (supremacy). (various references) | |
Czech | vrchní (chief, head waiter, superior, supreme, upper, uppermost, waiter), svrchovaný (sovereign, supreme), nejvyšší (highest, sovereign, supreme, the highest, topmost, upmost, uppermost, utmost). (various references) | |
Danish | positionsteksterne og afsnits- eller kapitelbestemmelserne er afgoerende ved tariferingen (the terms of the headings and any relative Section or Chapter Notes are paramount, they are the first consideration in determining classification), paramount war clause (paramount war clause), paramount clause (paramount clause), Hull Paramount clause (hull paramount clause). (various references) | |
Dutch | Paramount War Clause (paramount war clause), Hull Paramount-clausule (hull paramount clause), hoofdclausule (paramount clause), de bewoordingen van de posten en van de aantekeningen op de afdelingen en op de hoofdstukken hebben bij de indeling voorrang boven elke andere overweging (the terms of the headings and any relative Section or Chapter Notes are paramount, they are the first consideration in determining classification), allesbeheersend (of paramount importance, predominating). (various references) | |
Esperanto | superrega (of paramount importance, predominating). (various references) | |
Farsi | فاءق (Prevalent), حاکم عالیمقام , بزرگتر (Elder, Headman, Major, Senior), برترین , برتر (Above, Dominant, Excelsior, Preferable, Premier(Re), Preponderant, Prevalent, Superior). (various references) | |
Finnish | ensisijaislauseke (paramount clause), ensisijainen sotariskilauseke (paramount war clause), ensisijainen kaskolauseke (hull paramount clause). (various references) | |
French | primordial, suprême, souverain (of paramount importance), chef suprême. (various references) | |
German | höchste (biggest, blissful, greatest, heaviest, highest, largest, longest, maximum, most, paramountly, rapt, sovereign, superlative, supreme, supremely, tallest, top, ultimate, utmost), höchst (awfully, bitterly, considerably, enormously, extreme, extremely, greatly, hegemonic, high, highest, highly, most, paramountly, punctiliously, superlatively, supreme, surprisingly, topmost, vitally). (various references) | |
Greek | κυρίαρχοσ (ascedent, ascendant, overlord, ruling, sovereign), υπέρτατοσ (supreme, uppermost). (various references) | |
Hebrew | '"ול ביותר (extreme), ראשי (capital, chief, leading, main, major, primary, principal, staple, top). (various references) | |
Hungarian | legfőbb (capital, chief, last, primal, staple, supreme). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tertinggi (supreme). (various references) | |
Italian | primario (guiding, head physician, leading, main, primal, primary, prime), supremo (chief, extraordinary, great, highest, last, supreme, ultimate, uttermost), sovrano (king, reign, ruler, sovereign, suzerain). (various references) | |
Manx | ard-scanshoil, ard-niartal, ard-chummaghtagh (absolute, absolute ruler). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aramountpay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | proeminente (beetle, outstanding, prominent, salient, standout, topping), supremo (sovereign, supreme, tiptop, uppermost), soberano (king, liege, lord, monarch, prince, ruler, sovereign), senhor (baboo, boss, compere, gentleman, lord, man, master, Mister, Mr., sir, you). (various references) | |
Romanian | suprem (crowning, highest, in chief, supreme), maximum (best, maximum), extrem (abject, exceeding, excessive, extreme, extremely, furthermost, furthest, greatest, highest, like hell, outermost, steep, supreme, ultimate, unmitigated, utmost, uttermost). (various references) | |
Russian | высший (better, high, higher, maximal, maximum, superior, top, upper), важнейший, первостепенный (overriding), парамаунт первостепенный. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | vrhovni (sovereign, supreme), najviši (arch, highest, top, topgallant, topmost, topping, upmost, utmost), glavni (arch, basic, capital, cardinal, chief, general, head, key, leading, magistral, main, major, premier, prime, principal, salient, trunk). (various references) | |
Spanish | supremo (all out, commander in chief, supreme, top), soberano (ruler, sovereign, suzerain), extremo (butt, critical, desperate, end, extreme, extremity, far, furthest, highest point, last, outer, outermost, outside, superlative, thoroughgoing, ultimate, ultra-, utmost, wing). (various references) | |
Swedish | förnämst (champion, chief, first, foremost, leading, posh). (various references) | |
Turkish | yüce (almighty, big, elevated, eminent, exalted, great-hearted, high, honorable, honourable, lofty, magnanimous, noble, sacrosanct, serene, soaring, sovereign, spheric, stately, sublime, supreme, towering), ulu (almighty, grand, great, noble, sublime), olağanüstü (above the ordinary, breathtaking, classical, dreamy, exceeding, exceptional, extra, extraordinary, extreme, fantastic, fantastical, glorious, huge, incredible, marvellous, marvelous, miraculous, necromantic, out of this world, phenomenal, portentous, preternatural, prodigious, rare, raving, remarkable, shining, smashing, special, spectacular, splendid, sublime, supernatural, supernormal, terrific, unearthly), en yüksek (crowning, highest, maximum, record high, superlative, supreme, top, ultimate, utmost). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | верховний (high, sovereign, supreme), перешорядний (scrumptious). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tối cao tột bực, cao hơn. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Old French | 900-1400 | par. (various references) |
| Anglo-French | 1100-1600 | paramont. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "paramount": paramountcies, paramountcy, paramountly, paramounts. (additional references) | |
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"Paramount" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Parakou, paraman, paramaunt, Paramoa, paramont, paramountly, Perammuna, Permount. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "paramount" (pronounced pe"rumou'nt) |
| 5 | -u m ou' n t | catamount, tantamount. |
| 3 | -ou' n t | headcount, undercount. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-m-n-o-p-r-t-u" | |
-2 letters: automan, mantrap, pantoum, rampant, romaunt. | |
-3 letters: amount, antrum, mantra, mantua, matron, outman, outran, paramo, partan, parton, patron, potman, purana, tampan, tampon, tarpan, tarpon, trapan, trauma, uptorn. | |
-4 letters: amort, amour, antra, aorta, apart, aport, apron, aroma, atman, manat, manor, manta, mount, mourn, muton, notum, panto, praam, pruta, punto, puton, ratan, roman, ruana, toman, tramp. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-m-n-o-p-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: paramounts. | |
+2 letters: manipulator, paramountcy, paramountly, portmanteau. | |
+3 letters: manipulators, manipulatory, portmanteaus, portmanteaux. | |
+4 letters: paramountcies, perambulation, permutational. | |
+5 letters: parenchymatous, perambulations. | |
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