different between excellent vs admirable

English

Etymology

From Middle English excellent, from Old French excellent, from Latin excell?ns (“elevated, exalted”), present participle of excell? (“elevate, exult”), equivalent to excel +? -ent.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??ks?l?nt/, /??ks?l?nt/

Adjective

excellent (comparative excellenter or more excellent, superlative excellentest or most excellent)

1. Having excelled, having surpassed.
2. Of higher or the highest quality; splendid.

   • A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire.

3. Exceptionally good of its kind.

4. Superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality.
   • 1754-1762, David Hume, The History of England

     Elizabeth, therefore, who was an excellent hypocrite

   • Their sorrows are most excellent.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:excellent

Antonyms

• poor
• terrible

Derived terms

• excellence
• excellently
• excellentness

Related terms

• excel

Translations

Adverb

excellent (comparative more excellent, superlative most excellent)

1. (obsolete) Excellently.
   • , New York Review Books 2001, p.287:

     Lucian, in his tract de Mercede conductis, hath excellent well deciphered such men's proceedings in his picture of Opulentia […].

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch excellent, from Middle French excellent, from Old French excellent, from Latin excell?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??k.s??l?nt/
• Hyphenation: ex?cel?lent
• Rhymes: -?nt

Adjective

excellent (comparative excellenter, superlative excellentst)

1. (formal) excellent, splendid

   Synonyms: uitmuntend, uitstekend

Inflection

Related terms

• excellentie

French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin excellens.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.s?.l??/

Adjective

excellent (feminine singular excellente, masculine plural excellents, feminine plural excellentes)

1. excellent; splendid

Usage notes

This adjective is generally placed before the noun it modifies.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.s?l/

Verb

excellent

1. third-person plural present indicative of exceller
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of exceller

Further reading

• “excellent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

excellent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of excell?

Middle French

Noun

excellent m (feminine singular excellente, masculine plural excellens, feminine plural excellentes)

1. excellent

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin excell?ns.

Pronunciation

Adjective

excellent m (feminine singular excellenta, masculine plural excellents, feminine plural excellentas)

1. excellent

Related terms

• excelléncia
• excellir

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French admirable, from Latin admirabilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æd.m??.?.b?l/, /?æd.m?.??.b?l/

Adjective

admirable (comparative more admirable, superlative most admirable)

1. Deserving of the highest esteem or admiration.

   It's admirable that Shelley overcame her handicap and excelled in her work.

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin admirabilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?m.mi??a.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /am.mi??a.ble/
• Rhymes: -a?le

Adjective

admirable (masculine and feminine plural admirables)

1. admirable

Derived terms

• admirablement

Related terms

• admiració
• admirar

Further reading

• “admirable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

From Middle French admirable, borrowed from Latin admirabilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad.mi.?abl/

Adjective

admirable (plural admirables)

1. admirable

Related terms

• admirer

Further reading

• “admirable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Alternative forms

• admirábel

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin admirabilis.

Adjective

admirable m or f (plural admirables)

1. admirable

Derived terms

• admirablemente

Related terms

• admiración
• admirar

Further reading

• “admirable” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin admirabilis.

Adjective

admirable m or f (plural admirables)

1. admirable

Descendants

• French: admirable

Scots

Adjective

admirable (comparative mair admirable, superlative maist admirable)

1. admirable

References

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin admirabilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /admi??able/, [að?.mi??a.??le]

Adjective

admirable (plural admirables)

1. admirable

Derived terms

• admirablemente

Related terms

• admiración
• admirar

Further reading

• “admirable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.