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eccellere

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Italian

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Etymology

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    Learned borrowing from Latin excellere.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /etˈt͡ʃɛl.le.re/
    • Rhymes: -ɛllere
    • Hyphenation: ec‧cèl‧le‧re

    Verb

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    eccèllere (first-person singular present eccèllo, first-person singular past historic eccèlsi, no past participle)

    1. (intransitive) to excel [auxiliary essere or avere] (but the composed tenses are extremely rare)

    Conjugation

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    Including lesser-used forms:

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    Further reading

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    • “eccellere”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026