superior

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• Received-Pronunciation: /suːˈpɪə.ɹi.ə/
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• General-American: /sʊˈpɪɹ.i.ɚ/
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• General-American: /sə-/
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• New-Zealand: /sʉːˈpɪə.ɹiː.ə/
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• New-Zealand: /sə-/
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• rhymes with -ɪəɹiə(ɹ)
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From Middle English, borrowed from Old French superiour, from Latin superior (“higher, upper”).

108 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: i epërm — higher in rank or quality
• Albanian: e epërme — higher in rank or quality
• Arabic: أَجْدَر (ʔajdar) — higher in rank or quality
• Arabic: مُتَفَوِّق (mutafawwiq) — higher in rank or quality
• Azerbaijani: üstün — higher in rank or quality
• Bulgarian: старши (starši) — higher in rank or quality
• Bulgarian: висш (visš) — higher in rank or quality
• Catalan: superior — higher in rank or quality
• Chinese Mandarin: 優越 /优越 (yōuyuè) — higher in rank or quality
• Czech: vyšší — higher in rank or quality
• Danish: overlegen — higher in rank or quality
• Dutch: superieur — higher in rank or quality
• Esperanto: supera — higher in rank or quality
• Finnish: ylempi — higher in rank or quality
• Finnish: parempi — higher in rank or quality
• French: supérieur — higher in rank or quality
• Galician: superior — higher in rank or quality
• Georgian: უმაღლესი (umaɣlesi) — higher in rank or quality
• German: überlegen — higher in rank or quality
• German: höher — higher in rank or quality
• German: höherstehend — higher in rank or quality
• German: übergeordnet — higher in rank or quality
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌿𐌼𐌰 (auhuma) — higher in rank or quality
• Greek: ανώτερος (anóteros) — higher in rank or quality
• Hebrew: עִלַּאי (iláy) — higher in rank or quality
• Hindi: श्रेष्ठ (śreṣṭh) — higher in rank or quality
• Hungarian: kiváló — higher in rank or quality
• Irish: ardchéimiúil — higher in rank or quality
• Italian: superiore — higher in rank or quality
• Italian: sovraordinato — higher in rank or quality
• Japanese: 偉い (erai) — higher in rank or quality
• Japanese: 貴い (tōtoi) — higher in rank or quality
• Japanese: 上級の (jōkyū no) — higher in rank or quality
• Japanese: 高貴な (kōki na) — higher in rank or quality
• Korean: 우수한 (usuhan) — higher in rank or quality
• Lithuanian: aukštesnio laipsnio, vyresnysis — higher in rank or quality
• Norwegian Bokmål: overlegen — higher in rank or quality
• Norwegian Nynorsk: overlegen — higher in rank or quality
• Occitan: superior — higher in rank or quality
• Portuguese: superior — higher in rank or quality
• Romanian: superior — higher in rank or quality
• Romanian: mai bun — higher in rank or quality
• Russian: вышестоя́щий (vyšestojáščij) — higher in rank or quality
• Russian: вы́сший (výsšij) — higher in rank or quality
• Russian: ста́рший (stáršij) — higher in rank or quality
• Samoan: sili — higher in rank or quality
• Sanskrit: उत्तर (uttara) — higher in rank or quality
• Sanskrit: श्रेयस् (śreyas) — higher in rank or quality
• Spanish: superior — higher in rank or quality
• Swedish: överlägsen — higher in rank or quality
• Turkish: üstün — higher in rank or quality
• Ottoman Turkish: اوست (üst) — higher in rank or quality
• Ottoman Turkish: یوقاری (yukarı) — higher in rank or quality
• Ukrainian: ви́щий (výščyj) — higher in rank or quality
• Ukrainian: ста́рший (stáršyj) — higher in rank or quality
• Uyghur: ئۈستۈن (üstün) — higher in rank or quality
• Bulgarian: превъзхождащ (prevǎzhoždašt) — extraordinary
• Catalan: superior — extraordinary
• Danish: udmærket — extraordinary
• Danish: førsteklasses — extraordinary
• Finnish: erinomainen — extraordinary
• German: ausgezeichnet — extraordinary
• Hindi: उत्कृष्ट (utkŕṣṭ) — extraordinary
• Kabuverdianu: nhaku — extraordinary
• Lithuanian: ypatingasis — extraordinary
• Russian: превосхо́дный (prevosxódnyj) — extraordinary
• Swedish: utmärkt — extraordinary
• Swedish: förstklassig — extraordinary
• Ukrainian: найлі́пший (najlípšyj) — extraordinary
• Arabic: يعلو — located above
• Armenian: վերին (verin) — located above
• Bulgarian: разположен над (razpoložen nad) — located above
• Catalan: superior — located above
• Finnish: yläpuolinen — located above
• French: supérieur — located above
• Hindi: सर्वोच्च (sarvocc) — located above
• Italian: superiore — located above
• Lithuanian: viršutinis — located above
• Portuguese: superior — located above
• Romanian: superior — located above
• Romanian: mai sus — located above
• Russian: вы́сший (výsšij) — located above
• Russian: ве́рхний (vérxnij) — located above
• Sanskrit: उत्तर (uttara) — located above
• Spanish: superior — located above
• Ottoman Turkish: اوست (üst) — located above
• Ottoman Turkish: یوقاری (yukarı) — located above
• Ukrainian: ви́щий (výščyj) — located above
• Bulgarian: вишестоящ (višestojašt) — person of higher rank
• Catalan: superior — person of higher rank
• Chinese Mandarin: 上司 (shàngsī) — person of higher rank
• Chinese Mandarin: 上級 /上级 (shàngjí) — person of higher rank
• Danish: foresat — person of higher rank
• Danish: overordnet — person of higher rank
• Dutch: meerdere — person of higher rank
• French: supérieur — person of higher rank
• German: Vorgesetzter — person of higher rank
• German: Vorgesetzte — person of higher rank
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌴𐌹𐍃 (faurstasseis) — person of higher rank
• Hindi: श्रेष्ठ (śreṣṭh) — person of higher rank
• Japanese: 貴人 (atebito) — person of higher rank
• Japanese: 目上 (meue) — person of higher rank
• Polish: zwierzchnik — person of higher rank
• Polish: przełożony — person of higher rank
• Portuguese: superior — person of higher rank
• Romanian: superior — person of higher rank
• Romanian: superioară — person of higher rank
• Spanish: superior — person of higher rank