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excelent
excellent /ekstʃeˈlent/
adjective#1035 most common
Also: outstanding, superb
Example sentences
Mâncarea este excelentă.
The food is excellent.
Filmul a fost excelent.
The movie was excellent.
Profesorul nostru este un profesor excelent.
Our teacher is an excellent teacher.
A obținut rezultate excelente la examen.
He got excellent results on the exam.
Echipa a avut o performanță excelentă în acest sezon.
The team had an excellent performance this season.
Colaborarea dintre cele două institute s-a dovedit excelentă pentru dezvoltarea proiectului.
The collaboration between the two institutes proved excellent for the project's development.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | excelent (m) / excelentă (f) | excelenți (m) / excelente (f) |
| Genitive | excelent (m) / excelente (f) | excelenți (m) / excelente (f) |
| Accusative | excelent (m) / excelentă (f) | excelenți (m) / excelente (f) |
| Vocative | None | None |
Word family
excelato excel, to surpass
excelențăexcellence; also the title "Excellency"
excelentexcellently, very well (same form as the adjective)Etymology
Romanian borrowed "excelent" from French "excellent" in the 19th century, during the wave of Latinate and French vocabulary that reshaped the modern Romanian lexicon. The French word itself continues Latin "excellens", the present participle of "excellere", meaning to rise above or surpass. That Latin verb combines the prefix "ex-" (out, beyond) with a root tied to "celsus" (high, lofty).
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