excellence

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

Latin excellentia

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /'ɛksələns/

[edit] 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.

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

[edit] Translations

• Czech: výtečnost cs(cs) f.
• Esperanto: mosxto
• Macedonian: извонредност (izvónrednost) f.
• Spanish: excelente es(es)
• Portuguese: excelência

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[edit] Noun

excellence f. (plural excellences)

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