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Catalan
Etymology
From excepció + -al.
Pronunciation
Adjective
excepcional m or f (masculine and feminine plural excepcionals)
- exceptional
Derived terms
Further reading
Galician
Etymology
From excepción + -al.
Adjective
excepcional m or f (plural excepcionais)
- exceptional, special
- extraordinary, unusual
Derived terms
Further reading
- “excepcional” in DIGALEGO - Dicionario de Galego, Ir Indo 2004, Xunta de Galicia 2013.
- “excepcional”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “excepcional”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Portuguese
Etymology
From French exceptionnel, or Latin exceptiō, exceptiōnem + -al. Compare exceção.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /e.sep.si.oˈnaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /e.sep.sjoˈnaw/
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -aw
- Hyphenation: ex‧cep‧ci‧o‧nal
Adjective
excepcional m or f (plural excepcionais) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)
- exceptional, special
- extraordinary, unusual
Derived terms
Noun
excepcional m or f by sense (plural excepcionais) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)
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Further reading
- “excepcional”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “excepcional”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “excepcional” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “excepcional”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “excepcional”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “excepcional”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
From excepción + -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /eɡsθebθjoˈnal/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /eɡsebsjoˈnal/
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: ex‧cep‧cio‧nal
Adjective
excepcional m or f (masculine and feminine plural excepcionales)
- exceptional
Derived terms
Further reading