"excellent" in seven languages
Meaningexcellent
Spanish
excelente
/eksθeˈlente/
learned
French
excellent
/ɛkselɑ̃/
learned
Italian
eccellente
/ettʃelˈlɛnte/
learned
Portuguese
excelente
/eseˈlẽtʃi/
learned
Romanian
excelent
/ekstʃeˈlent/
learned
Catalan
excel·lent
/əksəˈlen/
learned
English
excellent
/ˈɛksələnt/
from Latin/French · Old French excellent
English → ItalianexcellenteccellenteCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
EXCELLENTEM‘rising above, outstanding’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Italian assimilates the x into the next consonant (eccellente), Spanish drops one l (excelente), and French and English keep both.
English relatives: excel, excellence
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In a sentence
- esLa comida estaba excelente.
- frLe repas était excellent.
- itIl cibo era eccellente.
- ptA comida estava excelente.
- roMâncarea a fost excelentă.
- caEl menjar era excel·lent.
- enThe food was excellent.