par excellence
Most excellent, variously intendingMost excellent, variously intending: Being the proper or truest example of a general name.
» France is the country par excellence.
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2 sensesMost excellent, variously intending
(not comparable, postpositional)Being the proper or truest example of a general name.
(not comparable, postpositional)Being a quintessential example of a general type.
par excellence, schlechthin
Examples
3 sentencesFrance is the country par excellence.
Milan is the fashion capital par excellence.
Some analysts consider Somalia as the failed state par excellence.
ruНекоторые аналитики считают Сомали типичным примером недееспособного государства. — Imp
deManche Analytiker betrachten Somalia als den gescheiterten Staat schlechthin. — Yorwba
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Unadapted borrowing from French par excellence (“excellently, in an especially representatUnadapted 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).
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