PAR EXCELLENCE


Meaning of PAR EXCELLENCE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pɑ:(r) eksəlɑ:ns, AM -lɑ:ns ]

You say that something is a particular kind of thing par excellence in order to emphasize that it is a very good example of that kind of thing.

He has been a meticulous manager, a manager par excellence.

ADJ : n ADJ [ emphasis ]

Par excellence is also an adverb.

Bresson is par excellence the Catholic film-maker.

ADV : ADV after v

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне.