exceller

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin excellō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.sɛ.le/ ~ /ɛk.se.le/
• Rhymes: -e

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Somain)):

  (file)

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).

Related terms

• excellent
• excellence

Further reading

• “exceller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

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