Meanings
excellency1
Excellency2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of excellence; the quality of being excellent.
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nounA form of address for certain high officials or dignitaries.
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nounan outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels
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Origin
- Latinexcellentia
- Middle Englishexcellencie
- Englishexcellency
From Middle English excellencie, from Latin excellentia.
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Arabic سَعَادَة
- سَعَادَة (saʕāda)Form of address for certain high officials or dignitaries
Basque Txit
- TxitForm of address for certain high officials or dignitaries
Catalan excel·lència
- excel·lènciaForm of address for certain high officials or dignitaries
Chinese Mandarin 閣下 /阁下
- 閣下 /阁下 (géxià)Form of address for certain high officials or dignitaries
Danish excellence
- excellenceForm of address for certain high officials or dignitaries
Dutch excellentie
- excellentieForm of address for certain high officials or dignitaries
French Excellence
- ExcellenceForm of address for certain high officials or dignitaries
German Exzellenz
- ExzellenzForm of address for certain high officials or dignitaries
Greek Εξοχότατος, Εξοχοτάτη
- Εξοχότατος (Exochótatos)Form of address for certain high officials or dignitaries
- Εξοχοτάτη (Exochotáti)Form of address for certain high officials or dignitaries
Hindi महामान्य
- महामान्य (mahāmānya)Form of address for certain high officials or dignitaries
Icelandic Hr
- HrForm of address for certain high officials or dignitaries
Irish Soilse
- SoilseForm of address for certain high officials or dignitaries
Italian Eccellenza
- EccellenzaForm of address for certain high officials or dignitaries
Japanese 閣下
- 閣下 (kakka)Form of address for certain high officials or dignitaries
Korean 각하
- 각하 (gakha)Form of address for certain high officials or dignitaries
Norwegian eksellense
- eksellenseForm of address for certain high officials or dignitaries
Persian عالیجناب, اعلیحضرت
- عالیجناب ('âli-jenâb)Form of address for certain high officials or dignitaries
- اعلیحضرت (a'lâ-hazrat)Form of address for certain high officials or dignitaries
Polish ekscelencja
- ekscelencjaForm of address for certain high officials or dignitaries
Portuguese Excelência
- ExcelênciaForm of address for certain high officials or dignitaries
Romanian Excelență
- ExcelențăForm of address for certain high officials or dignitaries
Russian превосходи́тельство, сия́тельство
- превосходи́тельство (prevosxodítelʹstvo)Form of address for certain high officials or dignitaries
- сия́тельство (sijátelʹstvo)Form of address for certain high officials or dignitaries
Spanish excelencia
- excelenciaForm of address for certain high officials or dignitaries
Swahili mheshimiwa, mtukufu
- mheshimiwaForm of address for certain high officials or dignitaries
- mtukufuForm of address for certain high officials or dignitaries
Swedish excellens
- excellensForm of address for certain high officials or dignitaries
Thai ใต้เท้า
- ใต้เท้า (tai thao)Form of address for certain high officials or dignitaries
Turkish ekselans, ekselansları
- ekselansForm of address for certain high officials or dignitaries
- ekselanslarıForm of address for certain high officials or dignitaries
- majesteleriForm of address for certain high officials or dignitaries
Urdu مہامانی
- مہامانی (mahāmānya)Form of address for certain high officials or dignitaries
Cite this entry
APA
excellency. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excellency
MLA
“excellency.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excellency. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “excellency,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excellency.
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