excellent
French, adjective/ɛk.sɛ.lɑ̃/
excellent is spelled E-X-C-E-L-L-E-N-T (9 letters) and appears 45 times per million words in written French, the 1,857th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Excellent is a French adjective meaning “excellent; splendid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of exceller. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui excelle ; qui possède toutes les qualités requises, très bon”.
What does excellent mean in English?
adjective
- 1
excellent; splendid
verb
- 1
third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of exceller
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui excelle ; qui possède toutes les qualités requises, très bon.
noun: 1. Ce qui excelle.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of excellent
- excellente feminine
- excellents masculine plural
- excellentes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce excellent?
- /ɛk.sɛ.lɑ̃/
- /ɛk.se.lɑ̃/
- /ɛk.sɛl/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to excellent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is excellent in French?
excellent appears 45 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).