excellence

See also Excellence

English

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Etymology

Latin excellentia

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɛksələns/

Noun

excellence (usually uncountable; plural excellences)

1. The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue.
2. Something in which one excels.
3. An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one excels or is eminent; a virtue.

Synonyms

• superiority
• pre-eminence
• perfection
• worth
• goodness
• purity
• greatness

Translations

the quality of being excellent

Bulgarian: превъзходство (bg) n. Catalan: excel·lència (ca) f. Czech: výtečnost (cs) f. Esperanto: moŝto (eo)

Macedonian: извонредност (mk) (izvónrednost) f. Polish: świetność (pl) f. Portuguese: excelência (pt) f. Spanish: excelencia (es) f.

See also

• par excellence

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French

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Noun

excellence f. (plural excellences)

1. Excellence.
2. Excellency (term of address).