par excellence

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Adv

1. (not-comparable) Because or on account of one's excellence.
2. (not-comparable) Most excellently, variously intending
3. (not-comparable) Most excellently, variously intending

Adj

1. (not-comparable, postpositional) Most excellent, variously intending
2. (not-comparable, postpositional) Most excellent, variously intending

Konzepte

par excellence

schlechthin

Synonyme

best

above all

expressly

finest

first and last

most outstanding

per se

plainly

preeminent

specifically

superior

surpassing

very

Übersetzungen

par excellence

excellemment

κατεξοχήν

per eccellenza

bij uitstek

por excelência

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˌpɑːɹ ˌɛksəˈlɑːns/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Unadapted borrowing from French par excellence (“excellently, in an especially representative way; above all”), a calque of Latin per excellentiam, itself a calque of Ancient Greek κατ’ ἐξοχήν (kat’ exokhḗn).