English Explanatory Dictionary

exceptional

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.
  2. Requiring special schooling for reasons of intellectual giftedness or physical or mental disability.
  3. Better than the average; superior due to exception or rarity.
  4. Corresponding to something of lower dimension under a birational correspondence.
noun
  1. An exception, or something having an exceptional value

Pronunciation

/ɪkˈsɛpʃənəl/ [ɪ-] [ɛ-] en-us-exceptional.ogg

Word forms

exceptional more exceptional most exceptional exceptionals

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin excipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin exceptiōder. Old French excepcion Anglo-Norman excepciounbor. Middle English exception English exception Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English exceptional From exception + -al.

Synonyms

egregious

Antonyms

ordinary categorical common general usual mediocre commonplace

Derived words

dual-exceptional eggceptional exceptional case-marking exceptionalism exceptionalist exceptionality exceptionally exceptionalness exceptional space exceptional zero nonexceptional twice-exceptional unexceptional

Translations

Arabic: اِسْتِثْنَائِيّ Asturian: esceicional Azerbaijani: müstəsna Belarusian: вынятко́вы Bulgarian: изключи́телен Catalan: excepcional Chinese Mandarin: 異常 /异常 Chinese Mandarin: 特異 /特异 Chinese Mandarin: 特殊 Chinese Mandarin: 特別 /特别 Chinese Mandarin: 例外 Czech: výjimečný Danish: eksceptionel Danish: ganske særlig Danish: ekstraordinær Dutch: buitengewoon Dutch: exceptioneel Dutch: uitzonderlijk Esperanto: escepta Finnish: poikkeuksellinen Finnish: harvinainen Finnish: tavaton French: exceptionnel German: außergewöhnlich Greek: εξαιρετικός Hungarian: kivételes Hungarian: rendkívüli Irish: eisceachtúil Italian: eccezionale Japanese: 特殊な Japanese: 特異な Japanese: 特別な Japanese: 例外的な Latin: eximius Macedonian: исклучителен Malayalam: അസാധാരണ Norwegian Bokmål: eksepsjonell Norwegian Nynorsk: eksepsjonell Polish: wyjątkowy Portuguese: excepcional Portuguese: excecional Russian: исключи́тельный Scottish Gaelic: air leth Serbo-Croatian: изузетан Serbo-Croatian: izuzetan Slovak: výnimočný Slovene: izjemen Spanish: excepcional Ukrainian: винятко́вий
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