prestigious

English

Alternative forms

præstigious (archaic)

Etymology

Attested since the 1540s; Latin praestigiosus (“full of tricks”), praestigiae (“juggler's tricks”), possibly an alteration of praestringō (“to blindfold, to dazzle”), from prae- (“before”) with stringō (“to bind or tie”).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /pɹɛˈstɪdʒ.əs/, /pɹɛˈstiːdʒəs/
Rhymes: -ɪdʒəs, Rhymes: -iːdʒəs

Adjective

prestigious (comparative more prestigious, superlative most prestigious)

Of high prestige.
She has a prestigious job with an international organization.

Usage notes

Objects: award, prize, job, address, school, university, college, club, journal, firm, institution, office, etc.

Translations

of high prestige

Arabic: ذُو مَقَام‎ (ḏū maqām)
Belarusian: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: prestigiós (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 久负盛名 (zh), 享有声望的
Czech: prestižní
Dutch: prestigieus (nl)
Esperanto: prestiĝa
Finnish: maineikas (fi), arvovaltainen (fi)
French: prestigieux (fr)
German: hoch angesehen, prestigeträchtig (de), repräsentativ (de), herrschaftlich

Ido: prestijo (io)
Indonesian: prestisius (id)
Interlingua: prestigiose
Italian: prestigioso (it)
Polish: prestiżowy (pl) m
Portuguese: prestigioso
Russian: прести́жный (ru) (prestížnyj)
Spanish: prestigioso m
Swedish: prestigefull, prestigefylld
Volapük: prästigik, leprästigik

References

“prestigious” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

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