excellence

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English excellence, from Old French excellence, from Latin excellentia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛksələns/ === Noun === excellence (usually uncountable, plural excellences) The quality of being excellent; brilliance Something in which one excels. An excellent or valuable quality; something at which any someone excels; a virtue. ==== Synonyms ==== superiority pre-eminence perfection worth goodness purity greatness ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === par excellence === References === “excellence”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. excellence in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “excellence”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin excellentia. By surface analysis, exceller +‎ -ence. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛk.sɛ.lɑ̃s/ === Noun === excellence f (plural excellences) excellence bourse d'excellence ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) par excellence ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) excellency (term of address) Son Excellence ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) Votre Excellence ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) ==== Related terms ==== excellent === Further reading === “excellence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012