Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin excellere.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /etˈt͡ʃɛl.le.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɛllere
  • Hyphenation: ec‧cèl‧le‧re

Verb

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eccèllere (first-person singular present eccèllo, first-person singular past historic eccèlsi, no past participle)

  1. (intransitive) to excel [auxiliary essere or avere] (but the composed tenses are extremely rare)

Conjugation

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Including lesser-used forms:

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Further reading

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  • eccellere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana