excellent

See also: excel·lent

excellent - English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɛksələnt/, /ˈɛksɪlənt/
(in rapid speech) IPA: /ˈɛkslənt/
(US) IPA: /ˈɛksələnt/

Adjective

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

Having excelled, having surpassed.
Of higher or the highest quality; splendid.
Exceptionally good of its kind.
- Bill and Ted had an excellent adventure last week in preparation of their history exam.
Superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality.

Synonyms

See excellent

Antonyms

Derived terms

Related terms

excel

Translations

Albanian: birinxhi (sq)
Arabic: مُمْتَاز‎ (mumtāz), فَاخِر‎ (fāḵir)
Armenian: գերազանց (hy) (gerazancʿ)
Asturian: escelente
Azerbaijani: əla (az), mükəmməl (az)
Basque: bikain (eu)
Belarusian: выда́тны (vydátny), цудо́ўны (cudóŭny), адме́нны (admjénny), адме́тны (be) (admjétny)
Bengali: উৎকৃষ্ট (bn) (utkriśṭo), শ্রেষ্ঠ (sreśṭho), (colloquial) ফাটাফাটি (bn) (phaṭaphaṭi), আউয়াল (bn) (auẏal)
Bulgarian: отл́ичен (bg) (otĺičen), превъзхо́ден (bg) (prevǎzhóden)
Catalan: excel·lent (ca)
Chinese:
- Mandarin: 棒 (zh) (bàng) (informal), 極好／极好 (zh) (jíhǎo) (informal), 出色 (zh) (chūsè) (formal), 優秀／优秀 (zh) (yōuxiù) (formal), 卓越 (zh) (zhuóyuè) (formal), 優異／优异 (zh) (yōuyì) (formal), 高超 (zh) (gāochāo) (formal)
Czech: výtečný, vynikající (cs)
Danish: fremragende
Dutch: uitstekend (nl), uitmuntend (nl), excellent (nl), voortreffelijk (nl)
Esperanto: elstara
Finnish: erinomainen (fi), loistava (fi)
French: excellent (fr)
Friulian: ecelent
Galician: excelente (gl)
Georgian: ჩინებული (činebuli), საუცხოო (saucxoo), არაჩვეულებრივი (aračveulebrivi)
German: ausgezeichnet (de), hervorragend (de), großartig (de)
Greek: έξοχος (el) (éxochos), υπέροχος (el) (ypérochos), άριστος (el) (áristos), θαυμάσιος (el) (thavmásios)
Hebrew: מצוין‎ (he) (metsuyan), מְעֻלֶּה‎ (he) m (m'ullé)
Hindi: उत्कृष्ट (hi) (utkŕṣṭ), उम्दा (hi) (umdā), श्रेष्ठ (hi) (śreṣṭh)
Hungarian: kitűnő (hu), kiváló (hu)
Icelandic: frábær (is), ágætur (is)
Ido: ecelanta (io)
Indonesian: unggul (id)
Irish: ar fheabhas, thar cionn, seoigh
Italian: eccellente (it), eccezionale (it)
Japanese: 素晴らしい (ja) (subarashii), 秀でた (ja) (hiideta), 優秀な (ja) (yūshū na)
Khmer: ល្អឥតខ្ចោះ (l’ɑɑ ’ət kcɑh)
Korean: 완벽한 (ko) (wanbyeok-han), 훌륭한 (ko) (hullyung-han)
Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: نایاب‎ (ckb) (nayab)
Latin: excellens, praestābilis
Latvian: izcils
Lithuanian: puikus, nuostabus (lt)
Macedonian: одличен (odličen)
Maltese: eċċellenti
Maori: huarangi, kairangatira
Middle English: doughty, wynly
Norwegian: utmerket, storartet (no)
- Bokmål: glimrende
Occitan: excellent (oc)
Old English: æþele
Pashto: غوره‎ (ps) (ğwara)
Persian: عالی‎ (fa) ('âli)
Plautdietsch: groosoatich
Polish: świetny (pl), doskonały (pl)
Portuguese: excelente (pt)
Romanian: excelent (ro)
Russian: отли́чный (ru) (otlíčnyj), превосхо́дный (ru) (prevosxódnyj), великоле́пный (ru) (velikolépnyj), отме́нный (ru) (otménnyj), чуде́сный (ru) (čudésnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: math dha-rìribh, air leth
Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: одличан
- Roman: odličan (sh)
Slovak: vynikajúci
Slovene: odličen
Spanish: excelente (es), sobresaliente (es), prominente (es), excelso (es)
Swedish: utmärkt (sv), förträffligt (sv), alla tiders (sv)
Thai: ยอดเยี่ยม (th) (yôt yîam)
Turkish: mükemmel (tr)
Ukrainian: відмі́нний (uk) (vidmínnyj), чудо́вий (čudóvyj)
Vietnamese: xuất sắc (vi), tuyệt vời (vi), ưu (vi)
Volapük: legudik (vo)

Adverb

excellent (comparative more excellent, superlative most excellent)

(obsolete) Excellently.

excellent - Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˌɛk.səˈlɛnt/
Hyphenation: ex‧cel‧lent

Adjective

excellent (comparative excellenter, superlative excellentst)

(formal) excellent, splendid
- Synonyms: uitmuntend, uitstekend

Inflection

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	—