omnipresent

See also: omniprésent

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin omnipraesēns, equivalent to omni- +‎ present.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [ˌɒmnɪˈpɹɛzn̩t]
• (General American) IPA^(key): [ˌɑmnɪˈpɹɛzn̩t]

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): [ˌɔmnɪˈpɹezn̩t]

Adjective

omnipresent (not comparable)

1. Being everywhere simultaneously.
   • 2010, George W. Bush, Decision Points‎^[1], →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 22–23:

     In 1975, China was emerging from the Cultural Revolution, its government’s effort to purify and revitalize society. Communist officials had set up indoctrination programs, broadcast propaganda over omnipresent loudspeakers, and sought to stamp out any evidence of China’s ancient history.

   • 2020 June 17, David Clough, “Then and now: trains through Crewe”, in Rail, page 60:

     Another most notable change concerns rolling stock liveries. Back then, corporate Rail Blue was omnipresent, whereas now there is a kaleidoscope of colours and styles.

Synonyms

• ubiquitous

Derived terms

• omnipresence

Related terms

• omnipotent, omniscient, ever-present

Translations

being everywhere — see also ubiquitous

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Asturian: omnipresente
• Basque: nonahiko
• Belarusian: усюдыі́сны (usjudyísny)
• Bulgarian: вездесъ́щ (bg) (vezdesǎ́št)
• Catalan: omnipresent (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無往不在／无往不在 (wúwǎngbùzài), 無處不在／无处不在 (zh) (wúchùbùzài)

• Czech: všudypřítomný (cs) m
• Danish: allestedsnærværende (da)
• Dutch: alomtegenwoordig (nl), omnipresent
• Esperanto: ĉieesta
• Finnish: omnipresentti, kaikkialla läsnä oleva, ubiikki (fi)
• French: omniprésent (fr)
• Galician: omnipresente
• Georgian: ყველგან მყოფი (q̇velgan mq̇opi), ყველგან მსუფევი (q̇velgan msupevi), ყველგანმყოფი (q̇velganmq̇opi), ყველგანმსუფევი (q̇velganmsupevi)
• German: omnipräsent (de), allgegenwärtig (de)
• Greek: πανταχού παρών (pantachoú parón)
• Hungarian: mindenütt jelenlevő
• Icelandic: alls staðar nálægur
• Italian: onnipresente (it)
• Latvian: visuresošs
• Macedonian: сепри́сутен (seprísuten)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: allestedsnærværende

• Occitan: omnipresent
• Polish: wszechobecny (pl)
• Portuguese: omnipresente (pt)
• Romanian: omniprezent (ro)
• Russian: вездесу́щий (ru) (vezdesúščij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: свеприсутан

  Roman: sveprisutan

• Slovak: všadeprítomný (sk)
• Slovene: vseprisoten
• Spanish: omnipresente (es)
• Swedish: allestädes närvarande
• Tagalog: nasakahitsaan
• Ukrainian: всюдису́щий (vsjudysúščyj), повсю́дний (povsjúdnyj), всепрису́тній (vseprysútnij)

Catalan

Adjective

omnipresent m or f (masculine and feminine plural omnipresents)

1. omnipresent

Further reading

• “omnipresent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.