redundant

Etymology

From Latin redundans, present participle of redundare (“to overflow, redound”), from red- (“again, back”) + undo (“I surge, flood”), from unda (“a wave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈdʌn.dənt/

Adjective

redundant (comparative more redundant, superlative most redundant)

1. Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary.
2. (of words, writing, etc) Repetitive or needlessly wordy.
3. (chiefly Britain, New Zealand, Australia) Dismissed from employment because no longer needed; as in "rendered redundant".
4. Duplicating or able to duplicate the function of another component of a system, providing back-up in the event the other component fails.
   • 2013, Tom Denton, Automobile Electrical and Electronic Systems, page 142:

     The two lines are mainly used for redundant and therefore fault-tolerant message transmission, but they can also transmit different messages.

Further reading

• redundant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• redundant in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• redundant at OneLook Dictionary Search

Etymology

From Latin redundans.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /rə.dunˈdant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /rə.dunˈdan/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /re.dunˈdant/

Adjective

redundant (masculine and feminine plural redundants)

1. redundant

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʀedʊnˈdant/

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• Rhymes: -ant

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Adjective

redundant (comparative redundanter, superlative am redundantesten)

1. redundant

Further reading

• redundant in Duden online

Verb

redundant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of redundō

Alternative forms

• redondant

Etymology

Borrowed from English redundant and French redondant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re.dunˈdant/

Adjective

redundant m, n (feminine singular redundantă, masculine plural redundanți, feminine and neuter plural redundante)

1. redundant