par excellence

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

par excellence

excellemment

Synonymes

best

above all

expressly

finest

first and last

most outstanding

per se

plainly

preeminent

specifically

superior

surpassing

very

Traductions

par excellence

schlechthin

κατεξοχήν

per eccellenza

bij uitstek

por excelência

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˌpɑːɹ ˌɛksəˈlɑːns/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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).