How to say “excellent” in 39 different languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
- excelente/eɡsθeˈlente/ Spanish
- جيد/d͡ʒaj.jid/ Arabic
- υπέροχο/iˈperoˌxo/ Greek
- מעולה/muˈle/ Hebrew
- შესანიშნავი[ʃe̞säniʃnävi] Georgian
- գերազանց/ɡeɾɑˈzɑnt͡sʰ/ Armenian
“excellent” in Spanish: excelente · Portuguese: excelente · Arabic: جيد · Greek: υπέροχο
It is commonest in Arabic, where جيد is the 73rd most used word.
Excellent in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian shkëlqyeshëm/ʃkəlˈcyɛʃəm/ excellent, brilliant #663
- Arabic جيد/d͡ʒaj.jid/ of good quality, excellent, approvable #73
- Armenian գերազանց/ɡeɾɑˈzɑnt͡sʰ/ #1,628
- Bengali সেরা/ʃeɾa/ best, excellent #389
- Bosnian odličan/ôdlit͡ʃan/ excellent, great #1,214
- Chinese 好棒/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pɑŋ⁵¹/ excellent!; superb!; bravo! #2,083
- Croatian odličan/ôdlit͡ʃan/ excellent, great #1,176
- Czech vynikající[ˈvɪɲɪkajiːt͡siː] #1,858
- Danish fremragende/frɛmraːˀɣənə/ #1,819
- Dutch uitstekend/œy̯tˈsteːkənt/ outstanding, excellent #1,755
- English fantastic/fænˈtæs.tɪk/ Wonderful; marvelous; excellent;… #1,505
- Estonian suurepärane/ˈsuːrepærɑne/ excellent, great, magnificent,… #337
- Finnish täydellinen/ˈtæy̯delːinen/ perfect improved; excellent and delightful in… #957
- French terrible/tɛ.ʁibl/ great, excellent #1,122
- Georgian შესანიშნავი[ʃe̞säniʃnävi] excellent, remarkable, great #672
- Greek υπέροχο/iˈperoˌxo/ excellent, exquisite, marvellous, superb,… #657
- Hebrew מעולה/muˈle/ excellent, terrific, wonderful, great, superb #463
- Hindi कमाल/kə.mɑːl/ great, wonderful, excellent #1,340
- Hungarian kiváló[ˈkivaːloː] eminent, excellent, outstanding #1,570
- Icelandic frábær[ˈfrauː.paiːr] excellent, brilliant, super, awesome, great #355
- Italian ottimo/ˈɔt.ti.mo/ very good, very fine, excellent, perfect,… #646
- Korean 좋아[ˈt͡ɕo̞(ː)a̠] to be good; great; excellent #47
- Latvian lieliski/ˈlielːiski/ great, wonderful, excellent, wonderfully,… #149
- Lithuanian puikus[pʊɪˈkʊs] excellent, wonderful #384
- Macedonian одличен[ˈɔdlit͡ʃɛn] great, excellent, outstanding #690
- Malay elok[e.loʔ] good, fine, excellent #1,213
- Malayalam ഗംഭീരം/ɡɐmb(ʱ)iːɾɐm/ excellent, great, awesome #486
- Norwegian utmerket/ˈʉːtˌmærkət/ excellent, splendid, outstanding #1,456
- Persian سارا[sɒː.ɹɒː] pure; fine; excellent #651
- Polish wspaniałe/fspaˈɲa.wɛ/ magnificent, excellent #1,219
- Portuguese excelente/e.seˈlẽ.t͡ʃi/ #908
- Romanian excelent/eks.t͡ʃeˈlent/ #1,235
- Serbian odličan/ôdlit͡ʃan/ excellent, great #1,036
- Slovenian odličen/ɔdlìːt͡ʃən/ #457
- Spanish excelente/eɡsθeˈlente/ excellent, brilliant, superb #1,113
- Swedish jättebra/²jɛtːɛˌbrɑː/ very well, fantastically, excellent #916
- Tamil சூப்பர்/suːpːɐɾ/ excellent, great, fantastic #689
- Ukrainian чудовий[t͡ʃʊˈdɔʋei̯] wonderful, marvellous, excellent, great #903
- Urdu شاندار/ʃɑːnd̪ɑːɾ/ magnificent, excellent #931
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