quintessential

English

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˌkwɪnt.əˈsɛn.ʃəl/

Etymology

quintessence +‎ -al

Adjective

quintessential (comparative more quintessential, superlative most quintessential)

1. Of the nature of a quintessence (in all senses); ultimate.
   • 2014 May 6, Nicholas Shakespeare, “Twin Tracks by Roger Bannister, review: Roger Bannister's memoir of a life in athletics recalls the moment 60 years ago when he broke the four-minute mile [print version: The quiet Englishman, 10 May 2014, p. R26]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)‎^[1]:

     Twin Tracks is the old-fashioned autobiography of a quintessential Englishman, evocative of an age when you took halibut oil for rickets and sportsmen were amateurs who trained in their lunch breaks.

Derived terms

• quintessentialise
• quintessentiality
• quintessentialize
• quintessentially
• quintessentialness

Translations

of the nature of a quintessence

• Estonian: ülim
• Finnish: pohjimmainen, tyypillinen (fi)
• French: quintessentiel (fr)
• German: der Inbegriff des/der..., von Grund auf, durch und durch (de)
• Greek: τελειότατος m (teleiótatos)
• Khmer: ខ្លឹមសារ (kləm saa), សារវន្ត (saara’ voan), សារគតិ (saara’ kea’te’)
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• Norwegian: ultimat m or f
• Portuguese: quintessencial, quinta-essencial
• Russian: оновной (onovnoj), типи́чный (ru) (tipíčnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: tipičan (sh)
• Spanish: quintaesencial