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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵhs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin excipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin exceptiōder. Old French excepcion Anglo-Norman excepciounbor. Middle English exception English exception English -al English exceptional From exception + -al.

93 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: اِسْتِثْنَائِيّ (istiṯnāʔiyy) — forming an exception
• Asturian: esceicional — forming an exception
• Azerbaijani: müstəsna — forming an exception
• Belarusian: вынятко́вы (vynjatkóvy) — forming an exception
• Bulgarian: изключи́телен (izključítelen) — forming an exception
• Catalan: excepcional — forming an exception
• Chinese Mandarin: 異常 /异常 (yìcháng) — forming an exception
• Chinese Mandarin: 特異 /特异 (tèyì) — forming an exception
• Chinese Mandarin: 特殊 (tèshū) — forming an exception
• Chinese Mandarin: 特別 /特别 (tèbié) — forming an exception
• Chinese Mandarin: 例外 (lìwài) — forming an exception
• Czech: výjimečný — forming an exception
• Danish: eksceptionel — forming an exception
• Danish: ganske særlig — forming an exception
• Danish: ekstraordinær — forming an exception
• Dutch: buitengewoon — forming an exception
• Dutch: exceptioneel — forming an exception
• Dutch: uitzonderlijk — forming an exception
• Esperanto: escepta — forming an exception
• Finnish: poikkeuksellinen — forming an exception
• Finnish: harvinainen — forming an exception
• Finnish: tavaton — forming an exception
• French: exceptionnel — forming an exception
• German: außergewöhnlich — forming an exception
• Greek: εξαιρετικός (exairetikós) — forming an exception
• Hungarian: kivételes — forming an exception
• Hungarian: rendkívüli — forming an exception
• Irish: eisceachtúil — forming an exception
• Italian: eccezionale — forming an exception
• Japanese: 特殊な (tokushu na) — forming an exception
• Japanese: 特異な (tokui na) — forming an exception
• Japanese: 特別な (tokubetsu na) — forming an exception
• Japanese: 例外的な (reigaiteki na) — forming an exception
• Latin: eximius — forming an exception
• Macedonian: исклучителен (isklučitelen) — forming an exception
• Malayalam: അസാധാരണ (asādhāraṇa) — forming an exception
• Norwegian Bokmål: eksepsjonell — forming an exception
• Norwegian Nynorsk: eksepsjonell — forming an exception
• Polish: wyjątkowy — forming an exception
• Portuguese: excepcional — forming an exception
• Portuguese: excecional — forming an exception
• Russian: исключи́тельный (isključítelʹnyj) — forming an exception
• Scottish Gaelic: air leth — forming an exception
• Serbo-Croatian: изузетан — forming an exception
• Serbo-Croatian: izuzetan — forming an exception
• Slovak: výnimočný — forming an exception
• Slovene: izjemen — forming an exception
• Spanish: excepcional — forming an exception
• Ukrainian: винятко́вий (vynjatkóvyj) — forming an exception
• Arabic: اِسْتِثْنَائِيّ (istiṯnāʔiyy) — superior due to exception or rarity
• Azerbaijani: müstəsna — superior due to exception or rarity
• Belarusian: вынятко́вы (vynjatkóvy) — superior due to exception or rarity
• Belarusian: адме́нны (admjénny) — superior due to exception or rarity
• Belarusian: адме́тны (admjétny) — superior due to exception or rarity
• Bulgarian: отли́чен (otlíčen) — superior due to exception or rarity
• Bulgarian: изключи́телен (izključítelen) — superior due to exception or rarity
• Catalan: excepcional — superior due to exception or rarity
• Chinese Mandarin: 優越 /优越 (yōuyuè) — superior due to exception or rarity
• Chinese Mandarin: 傑出 /杰出 (jiéchū) — superior due to exception or rarity
• Chinese Mandarin: 優異 /优异 (yōuyì) — superior due to exception or rarity
• Chinese Mandarin: 非凡 (fēifán) — superior due to exception or rarity
• Chinese Mandarin: 超群 (chāoqún) — superior due to exception or rarity
• Czech: výjimečný — superior due to exception or rarity
• Danish: enestående — superior due to exception or rarity
• Danish: eksceptionel — superior due to exception or rarity
• Finnish: poikkeuksellinen — superior due to exception or rarity
• Finnish: erinomainen — superior due to exception or rarity
• French: exceptionnel — superior due to exception or rarity
• Friulian: famôs — superior due to exception or rarity
• German: außergewöhnlich — superior due to exception or rarity
• Greek: εξαιρετικός (exairetikós) — superior due to exception or rarity
• Hebrew: מְצֻיָּן (metzuyyán) — superior due to exception or rarity
• Hungarian: kivételes — superior due to exception or rarity
• Hungarian: rendkívüli — superior due to exception or rarity
• Irish: eisceachtúil — superior due to exception or rarity
• Italian: eccezionale — superior due to exception or rarity
• Japanese: 並外れた (namihazureta) — superior due to exception or rarity
• Japanese: 別格の (bekkaku no) — superior due to exception or rarity
• Japanese: 非凡な (hibon na) — superior due to exception or rarity
• Latin: eximius — superior due to exception or rarity
• Malayalam: അസാധാരണ (asādhāraṇa) — superior due to exception or rarity
• Māori: inati — superior due to exception or rarity
• Norwegian Bokmål: eksepsjonell — superior due to exception or rarity
• Norwegian Nynorsk: eksepsjonell — superior due to exception or rarity
• Polish: wyjątkowy — superior due to exception or rarity
• Portuguese: excepcional — superior due to exception or rarity
• Portuguese: excecional — superior due to exception or rarity
• Russian: исключи́тельный (isključítelʹnyj) — superior due to exception or rarity
• Russian: отли́чный (otlíčnyj) — superior due to exception or rarity
• Scottish Gaelic: air leth — superior due to exception or rarity
• Spanish: excepcional — superior due to exception or rarity
• Ukrainian: винятко́вий (vynjatkóvyj) — superior due to exception or rarity
• Ukrainian: відмі́нний (vidmínnyj) — superior due to exception or rarity