exceller

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin excellō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛk.sɛ.le/, /ɛk.se.le/
  • Rhymes: -e
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Verb

exceller

  1. to excel

Conjugation
Conjugation of exceller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple exceller
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple excellant
/ɛk.sɛ.lɑ̃/ or /ɛk.se.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle excellé
/ɛk.sɛ.le/ or /ɛk.se.le/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present excelle
/ɛk.sɛl/		 excelles
/ɛk.sɛl/		 excelle
/ɛk.sɛl/		 excellons
/ɛk.sɛ.lɔ̃/ or /ɛk.se.lɔ̃/		 excellez
/ɛk.sɛ.le/ or /ɛk.se.le/		 excellent
/ɛk.sɛl/
imperfect excellais
/ɛk.sɛ.lɛ/ or /ɛk.se.lɛ/		 excellais
/ɛk.sɛ.lɛ/ or /ɛk.se.lɛ/		 excellait
/ɛk.sɛ.lɛ/ or /ɛk.se.lɛ/		 excellions
/ɛk.sɛ.ljɔ̃/ or /ɛk.se.ljɔ̃/		 excelliez
/ɛk.sɛ.lje/ or /ɛk.se.lje/		 excellaient
/ɛk.sɛ.lɛ/ or /ɛk.se.lɛ/
past historic2 excellai
/ɛk.sɛ.le/ or /ɛk.se.le/		 excellas
/ɛk.sɛ.la/ or /ɛk.se.la/		 excella
/ɛk.sɛ.la/ or /ɛk.se.la/		 excellâmes
/ɛk.sɛ.lam/ or /ɛk.se.lam/		 excellâtes
/ɛk.sɛ.lat/ or /ɛk.se.lat/		 excellèrent
/ɛk.sɛ.lɛʁ/ or /ɛk.se.lɛʁ/
future excellerai
/ɛk.sɛl.ʁe/		 excelleras
/ɛk.sɛl.ʁa/		 excellera
/ɛk.sɛl.ʁa/		 excellerons
/ɛk.sɛl.ʁɔ̃/		 excellerez
/ɛk.sɛl.ʁe/		 excelleront
/ɛk.sɛl.ʁɔ̃/
conditional excellerais
/ɛk.sɛl.ʁɛ/		 excellerais
/ɛk.sɛl.ʁɛ/		 excellerait
/ɛk.sɛl.ʁɛ/		 excellerions
/ɛk.sɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɛk.se.lə.ʁjɔ̃/		 excelleriez
/ɛk.sɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /ɛk.se.lə.ʁje/		 excelleraient
/ɛk.sɛl.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present excelle
/ɛk.sɛl/		 excelles
/ɛk.sɛl/		 excelle
/ɛk.sɛl/		 excellions
/ɛk.sɛ.ljɔ̃/ or /ɛk.se.ljɔ̃/		 excelliez
/ɛk.sɛ.lje/ or /ɛk.se.lje/		 excellent
/ɛk.sɛl/
imperfect2 excellasse
/ɛk.sɛ.las/ or /ɛk.se.las/		 excellasses
/ɛk.sɛ.las/ or /ɛk.se.las/		 excellât
/ɛk.sɛ.la/ or /ɛk.se.la/		 excellassions
/ɛk.sɛ.la.sjɔ̃/ or /ɛk.se.la.sjɔ̃/		 excellassiez
/ɛk.sɛ.la.sje/ or /ɛk.se.la.sje/		 excellassent
/ɛk.sɛ.las/ or /ɛk.se.las/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — excelle
/ɛk.sɛl/		 — excellons
/ɛk.sɛ.lɔ̃/ or /ɛk.se.lɔ̃/		 excellez
/ɛk.sɛ.le/ or /ɛk.se.le/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Portuguese

Verb

exceller (first-person singular present excello, first-person singular preterite excelli, past participle excellido)

  1. Obsolete spelling of exceler

Conjugation
    Conjugation of exceller (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu)		 Second-person
(tu)		 Third-person
(ele / ela / você)		 First-person
(nós)		 Second-person
(vós)		 Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal exceller
Personal exceller excelleres exceller excellermos excellerdes excellerem
Gerund
excellendo
Past participle
Masculine excellido excellidos
Feminine excellida excellidas
Indicative
Present excello excelles excelle excellemos excelleis excellem
Imperfect excellia excellias excellia excellíamos excellíeis excelliam
Preterite excelli excelleste excelleu excellemos excellestes excelleram
Pluperfect excellera excelleras excellera excellêramos excellêreis excelleram
Future excellerei excellerás excellerá excelleremos excellereis excellerão
Conditional excelleria excellerias excelleria excelleríamos excelleríeis excelleriam
Subjunctive
Present excella excellas excella excellamos excellais excellam
Imperfect excellesse excellesses excellesse excellêssemos excellêsseis excellessem
Future exceller excelleres exceller excellermos excellerdes excellerem
Imperative
Affirmative excelle excella excellamos excellei excellam
Negative (não) não excellas não excella não excellamos não excellais não excellam
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