excellent – Wiktionary

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excellent

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Etymology

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From Middle English excellent, from Old French excellent, from Latin excellēns (“elevated, exalted”), present participle of excellō (“elevate, exult”), equivalent to excel +‎ -ent.

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Adjective

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excellent (comparative excellenter or more excellent, superlative excellentest or most excellent)

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Translations

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Adverb

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excellent (comparative more excellent, superlative most excellent)

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch excellent, from Middle French excellent, from Old French excellent, from Latin excellēns.

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Adjective

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excellent (comparative excellenter, superlative excellentst)

Inflection

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Inflection of excellent

uninflected

excellent

inflected

excellente

comparative

excellenter
positive
comparative
superlative
predicative/adverbial

excellent

excellenter

het excellentst

het excellentste

indefinite
m./f. sing.
excellente
excellentere
excellentste
n. sing.

excellent

excellenter
excellentste
plural
excellente
excellentere
excellentste
definite
excellente
excellentere
excellentste
partitive
excellents
excellenters
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Descendants

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• Negerhollands: excellent

• →

  Papiamentu: excelent

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French

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin excellentem.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key):

  /ɛk.sɛ.lɑ̃/

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  /ɛk.se.lɑ̃/

• audio

Adjective

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excellent (feminine excellente, masculine plural excellents, feminine plural excellentes)

Usage notes

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This adjective is generally placed before the noun it modifies.

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Verb

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excellent

Further reading

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• “excellent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé

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  Digitized Treasury of the French Language

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  , 2012.

Latin

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Verb

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excellent

Middle French

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Noun

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excellent m (feminine singular excellente, masculine plural excellens, feminine plural excellentes)

1. excellent
   • 1549, Commentaires tres excellens de l’hystoire des plantes‎[1], Paris:

     , Paris:

Occitan

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Etymology

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From Latin excellēns.

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• Audio (Béarn)

Adjective

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excellent m (feminine singular excellenta, masculine plural excellents, feminine plural excellentas)

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