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noun, feminine

excellence

/ɛk.sɛ.lɑ̃s/

noun, feminine/ɛk.sɛ.lɑ̃s/plural: excellences

excellence; excellency (term of address)

bourse d'excellence

Learned borrowing from Latin excellentia. By surface analysis, exceller + -ence.

excellence — French Dictionary | Passage