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 ]
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Par excellence is also an adverb.
Bresson is par excellence the Catholic film-maker.
ADV : ADV after v