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excellence
English
Etymology
From Old French excellence, from Latin excellentia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??ks?l?ns/
Noun
excellence (usually uncountable, plural excellences)
- The quality of being excellent; brilliance
- Something in which one excels.
- An excellent or valuable quality; something at which any someone excels; a virtue.
Synonyms
- superiority
- pre-eminence
- perfection
- worth
- goodness
- purity
- greatness
Translations
See also
- par excellence
References
- excellence at OneLook Dictionary Search
- excellence in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- excellence in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k.s?.l??s/
Noun
excellence f (plural excellences)
- Excellence.
- Excellency (term of address).
Derived terms
Further reading
- “excellence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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prestige
English
Alternative forms
- præstige (archaic)
Etymology
From French prestige (“illusion, fascination, enchantment, prestige”), from Latin praestigium (“a delusion, an illusion”). Despite the phonetic similarities and the old meaning of “delusion, illusion, trick”, the word has a different root than prestidigitator (“conjurer”) and prestidigitation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??s?ti(d)?/, /p???sti(d)?/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /?p??st?d?/
- Rhymes: -i??, -i?d?
Noun
prestige (usually uncountable, plural prestiges)
- The quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded.
- (obsolete, often preceded by "the") Delusion; illusion; trick.
Derived terms
- covert prestige
- overt prestige
- prestigious
See also
- prestigiousness
Translations
Adjective
prestige (not comparable)
- (sociolinguistics, of a linguistic form) Regarded as relatively prestigious; often, considered the standard language or language variety, or a part of such a variety.
Further reading
- prestige in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- prestige in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- prestige at OneLook Dictionary Search
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French prestige, from Latin praestigium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pr?s?ti?.??/
- Hyphenation: pres?ti?ge
- Rhymes: -i???
Noun
prestige n (uncountable)
- prestige
Derived terms
- prestigekwestie
- prestigeproject
- prestigieus
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: prestise
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praestigium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??s.ti?/
Noun
prestige m (plural prestiges)
- prestige
Derived terms
- prestigieux
Descendants
Further reading
- “prestige” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Swedish
Etymology
From French prestige.
Noun
prestige c
- prestige
Declension
Related terms
- prestigelös
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