excellent

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛk.sə lənt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛk.sɪ.lənt/
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• /ˈɛks.lənt/ in rapid speech
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈek.sə.lənt/
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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.

139 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: birinxhi — of the highest quality
• Arabic: مُمْتَاز (mumtāz) — of the highest quality
• Arabic: فَاخِر (fāḵir) — of the highest quality
• Armenian: գերազանց (gerazancʻ) — of the highest quality
• Asturian: escelente — of the highest quality
• Azerbaijani: əla — of the highest quality
• Azerbaijani: mükəmməl — of the highest quality
• Basque: bikain — of the highest quality
• Belarusian: выда́тны (vydátny) — of the highest quality
• Belarusian: цудо́ўны (cudówny) — of the highest quality
• Belarusian: адме́нны (admjénny) — of the highest quality
• Belarusian: адме́тны (admjétny) — of the highest quality
• Bengali: উৎকৃষ্ট (utkriśṭo) — of the highest quality
• Bengali: শ্রেষ্ঠ (sreśṭho) — of the highest quality
• Bengali: ফাটাফাটি (phaṭaphaṭi) — of the highest quality
• Bengali: আউয়াল (auẏal) — of the highest quality
• Bulgarian: отли́чен (otlíčen) — of the highest quality
• Bulgarian: превъзхо́ден (prevǎzhóden) — of the highest quality
• Catalan: excel·lent — of the highest quality
• Chinese Mandarin: 棒 (bàng) — of the highest quality
• Chinese Mandarin: 極好 /极好 (jíhǎo) — of the highest quality
• Chinese Mandarin: 出色 (chūsè) — of the highest quality
• Chinese Mandarin: 優秀 /优秀 (yōuxiù) — of the highest quality
• Chinese Mandarin: 卓越 (zhuóyuè) — of the highest quality
• Chinese Mandarin: 優異 /优异 (yōuyì) — of the highest quality
• Chinese Mandarin: 高超 (gāochāo) — of the highest quality
• Czech: výtečný — of the highest quality
• Czech: vynikající — of the highest quality
• Danish: fremragende — of the highest quality
• Danish: fortræffelig — of the highest quality
• Danish: fortrinlig — of the highest quality
• Danish: udmærket — of the highest quality
• Danish: alle tiders — of the highest quality
• Dutch: uitstekend — of the highest quality
• Dutch: uitmuntend — of the highest quality
• Dutch: excellent — of the highest quality
• Dutch: voortreffelijk — of the highest quality
• Esperanto: elstara — of the highest quality
• Esperanto: bonega — of the highest quality
• Estonian: suurepärane — of the highest quality
• Estonian: oivaline — of the highest quality
• Finnish: erinomainen — of the highest quality
• Finnish: loistava — of the highest quality
• French: excellent — of the highest quality
• Friulian: ecelent — of the highest quality
• Galician: excelente — of the highest quality
• Georgian: ჩინებული (činebuli) — of the highest quality
• Georgian: საუცხოო (saucxoo) — of the highest quality
• Georgian: არაჩვეულებრივი (aračveulebrivi) — of the highest quality
• German: ausgezeichnet — of the highest quality
• German: hervorragend — of the highest quality
• German: großartig — of the highest quality
• Greek: έξοχος (éxochos) — of the highest quality
• Greek: υπέροχος (ypérochos) — of the highest quality
• Greek: άριστος (áristos) — of the highest quality
• Greek: θαυμάσιος (thavmásios) — of the highest quality
• Hebrew: מצוין (metsuyan) — of the highest quality
• Hebrew: מְעֻלֶּה (m'ullé) — of the highest quality
• Hindi: उत्कृष्ट (utkŕṣṭ) — of the highest quality
• Hindi: श्रेष्ठ (śreṣṭh) — of the highest quality
• Hindi: उत्तम (uttam) — of the highest quality
• Hungarian: kitűnő — of the highest quality
• Hungarian: kiváló — of the highest quality
• Icelandic: frábær — of the highest quality
• Icelandic: ágætur — of the highest quality
• Ido: ecelanta — of the highest quality
• Indonesian: unggul — of the highest quality
• Irish: ar fheabhas — of the highest quality
• Irish: thar cionn — of the highest quality
• Irish: seoigh — of the highest quality
• Italian: eccellente — of the highest quality
• Italian: eccezionale — of the highest quality
• Japanese: 素晴らしい (subarashii) — of the highest quality
• Japanese: 秀でた (hiideta) — of the highest quality
• Japanese: 優秀な (yūshū na) — of the highest quality
• Khmer: ល្អឥតខ្ចោះ (l’ɑɑ ’ət kcɑh) — of the highest quality
• Korean: 완벽한 (wanbyeok-han) — of the highest quality
• Korean: 훌륭한 (hullyung-han) — of the highest quality
• Central Kurdish: نایاب (nayab) — of the highest quality
• Latin: excellens — of the highest quality
• Latin: praestābilis — of the highest quality
• Latvian: izcils — of the highest quality
• Lithuanian: puikus — of the highest quality
• Lithuanian: nuostabus — of the highest quality
• Macedonian: одличен (odličen) — of the highest quality
• Maltese: eċċellenti — of the highest quality
• Māori: huarangi — of the highest quality
• Māori: kairangatira — of the highest quality
• Middle English: doughty — of the highest quality
• Middle English: wynly — of the highest quality
• Norwegian: utmerket — of the highest quality
• Norwegian: storartet — of the highest quality
• Norwegian Bokmål: glimrende — of the highest quality
• Occitan: excellent — of the highest quality
• Old English: æþele — of the highest quality
• Pashto: غوره (ğwara) — of the highest quality
• Persian: عالی ('âli) — of the highest quality
• Plautdietsch: groosoatich — of the highest quality
• Polish: świetny — of the highest quality
• Polish: doskonały — of the highest quality
• Portuguese: excelente — of the highest quality
• Romanian: excelent — of the highest quality
• Russian: отли́чный (otlíčnyj) — of the highest quality
• Russian: превосхо́дный (prevosxódnyj) — of the highest quality
• Russian: великоле́пный (velikolépnyj) — of the highest quality
• Russian: отме́нный (otménnyj) — of the highest quality
• Russian: чуде́сный (čudésnyj) — of the highest quality
• Scottish Gaelic: math dha-rìribh — of the highest quality
• Scottish Gaelic: air leth — of the highest quality
• Serbo-Croatian: о̏дличан — of the highest quality
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍdličan — of the highest quality
• Slovak: vynikajúci — of the highest quality
• Slovene: odličen — of the highest quality
• Spanish: excelente — of the highest quality
• Spanish: sobresaliente — of the highest quality
• Spanish: excelso — of the highest quality
• Spanish: macanudo — of the highest quality
• Spanish: de buten — of the highest quality
• Spanish: de bute — of the highest quality
• Spanish: paja — of the highest quality
• Spanish: grosso — of the highest quality
• Spanish: mostro — of the highest quality
• Spanish: pulenta — of the highest quality
• Spanish: pulento — of the highest quality
• Spanish: suavena — of the highest quality
• Spanish: resuave — of the highest quality
• Spanish: vergón — of the highest quality
• Swedish: utmärkt — of the highest quality
• Swedish: förträffligt — of the highest quality
• Swedish: alla tiders — of the highest quality
• Thai: ยอดเยี่ยม (yôt yîam) — of the highest quality
• Turkish: mükemmel — of the highest quality
• Ukrainian: відмі́нний (vidmínnyj) — of the highest quality
• Ukrainian: чудо́вий (čudóvyj) — of the highest quality
• Vietnamese: xuất sắc — of the highest quality
• Vietnamese: tuyệt vời — of the highest quality
• Vietnamese: ưu — of the highest quality
• Volapük: legudik — of the highest quality
• Woiwurrung: qeeing boordup — of the highest quality