"par excellence" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌpɑːɹ ˌɛksəˈlɑːns/ [UK], /ˌpɑːɹ ˈɛksəlɑːns/ [UK], /ˌpɑːɹ ˌɛksəˈlɒ̃s/ [UK], /ˌpɑːɹ ˈɛksəlɒ̃s/ [UK], /ˌpɑɹ ˌɛksəˈlɑns/ [US]
Etymology: 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). Etymology templates: {{ubor|en|fr|par excellence||excellently, in an especially representative way; above all}} Unadapted borrowing from French par excellence (“excellently, in an especially representative way; above all”), {{glink|calque}} calque, {{der|en|la|per excellentiam}} Latin per excellentiam, {{der|en|grc|κατ' ἐξοχήν}} Ancient Greek κατ' ἐξοχήν (kat' exokhḗn) Head templates: {{en-adj|-|nolinkhead=1}} par excellence (not comparable)
  1. (postpositive) Most excellent, variously intending
    Being the proper or truest example of a general name.
    Tags: not-comparable, postpositional Synonyms (truest example of a general name): proper
    Sense id: en-par_excellence-en-adj-NqJNFFyS Disambiguation of 'truest example of a general name': 74 26
  2. (postpositive) Most excellent, variously intending
    Being a quintessential example of a general type.
    Tags: not-comparable, postpositional Translations (being a quintessential example of a general type): κατ' ἐξοχήν (kat' exokhḗn) (Ancient Greek), per antonomàsia (Catalan), per excel·lència (Catalan), bij uitstek (Dutch), loistava (Finnish), par excellence (Finnish), par excellence (German), κατ' εξοχήν (kat' exochín) (Greek), par excellence (Polish), por antonomasia (Spanish), por excelencia (Spanish), framför alla andra (Swedish), par excellence (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-par_excellence-en-adj-YFV08gys Disambiguation of 'being a quintessential example of a general type': 13 87

Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˌpɑːɹ ˌɛksəˈlɑːns/ [UK], /ˌpɑːɹ ˈɛksəlɑːns/ [UK], /ˌpɑːɹ ˌɛksəˈlɒ̃s/ [UK], /ˌpɑːɹ ˈɛksəlɒ̃s/ [UK], /ˌpɑɹ ˌɛksəˈlɑns/ [US]
Etymology: 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). Etymology templates: {{ubor|en|fr|par excellence||excellently, in an especially representative way; above all}} Unadapted borrowing from French par excellence (“excellently, in an especially representative way; above all”), {{glink|calque}} calque, {{der|en|la|per excellentiam}} Latin per excellentiam, {{der|en|grc|κατ' ἐξοχήν}} Ancient Greek κατ' ἐξοχήν (kat' exokhḗn) Head templates: {{en-adv|-|nolinkhead=1}} par excellence (not comparable)
  1. Because or on account of one's excellence. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-par_excellence-en-adv-68HNc4zJ
  2. Most excellently, variously intending
    Most especially, in particular, most notably (out of a thing or person's other attributes, roles, etc.).
    Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-par_excellence-en-adv-2ECNC1aX
  3. Most excellently, variously intending
    In a superior way, in the most representative or fully-developed manner.
    Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-par_excellence-en-adv-nauqVB3B
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (most excellently): pre-eminently, supremely, above all
Disambiguation of 'most excellently': 1 49 49

Adjective [French]

IPA: /pa.ʁ‿ɛk.sɛ.lɑ̃s/, /pa.ʁ‿ɛk.se.lɑ̃s/
Etymology: Calque of Latin per excellentiam. Etymology templates: {{clq|fr|la|per excellentiam}} Calque of Latin per excellentiam Head templates: {{fr-adj|inv=1}} par excellence (invariable)
  1. par excellence, quintessential, ultimate Tags: invariable Related terms: dans toute sa splendeur
    Sense id: en-par_excellence-fr-adj-ZFXG6Qke Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Particle [Polish]

IPA: /ˈpar ɛ.ksɛˈlãs/
Rhymes: -ɛksɛlãs Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French par excellence. Etymology templates: {{ubor|pl|fr|par excellence}} Unadapted borrowing from French par excellence Head templates: {{head|pl|particle|head=par excellence}} par excellence
  1. (idiomatic, literary) par excellence (most excellently) Tags: idiomatic, literary Synonyms: ex definitione, siłą rzeczy, z definicji, z natury rzeczy, z założenia
    Sense id: en-par_excellence-pl-particle-1JHNeqnB Categories (other): Polish entries with incorrect language header, Polish particles

Adjective [Swedish]

Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French par excellence. First attested in 1886. Etymology templates: {{ubor|sv|fr|par excellence}} Unadapted borrowing from French par excellence, {{etydate/the|1886}} 1886, {{ref|par excellence in Svensk ordbok (SO)|name=}}, {{etydate|1886|ref=par excellence in Svensk ordbok (SO)}} First attested in 1886. Head templates: {{head|sv|adjective|not comparable|||-re||-st|f2accel-form=comparative|f3accel-form=superlative|head=par excellence|sort=}} par excellence (not comparable), {{sv-adj|-|head=par excellence}} par excellence (not comparable)
  1. par excellence; being a quintessential example of a general type. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-par_excellence-sv-adj-Col6GgCm Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header

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          "general"
        ],
        [
          "type",
          "type"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "par excellence"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-03-12 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-03-01 using wiktextract (68773ab and 5f6ddbb). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.