superlative

Etymology
From, from , from , from , past participle of , from +.

Noun

 * 1) The extreme (e.g. highest, lowest, deepest, farthest, etc) extent or degree of something.
 * 2)  The form of an adjective that expresses which of several items has the highest degree of the quality expressed by the adjective; in English, formed by appending "-est" to the end of the adjective (for some short adjectives only) or putting "most" before it.
 * 3)  An adjective used to praise something exceptional.
 * 1)  The form of an adjective that expresses which of several items has the highest degree of the quality expressed by the adjective; in English, formed by appending "-est" to the end of the adjective (for some short adjectives only) or putting "most" before it.
 * 2)  An adjective used to praise something exceptional.
 * 1)  An adjective used to praise something exceptional.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Faroese: hástig
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: вы́сшая то́чка, ,
 * Slovene: presežek
 * Spanish:


 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: دَرَجَة فَائِقَة
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: найвышэ́йшая ступе́нь
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: превъзхо́дна сте́пен
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ;
 * Ancient: ὑπερθετικόν
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: sárchéim
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Lithuanian: ,
 * Macedonian: суперлатив
 * Norman: supèrlatif
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Old English: oferstīgendlīċ
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: feabhasach
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: су̏перлатӣв
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: superlativ, tretí stupeň
 * Slovene: presežnik, superlativ
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: pasukdol
 * Thai: ชั้นเยี่ยม
 * Ukrainian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Slovak: superlatív

Adjective

 * 1) Exceptionally good; of the highest quality; superb.
 * 2)  Of or relating to a superlative.

Usage notes
Rather formal, reflecting its Latin etymology; more colloquial alternatives include exceptional, fabulous, above and beyond, and others.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: найвышэ́йшы
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Hindi: सर्वोत्कृष्ट
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: eksepsjonell, suveren
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Slovak: superlatívny
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian:


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: superlatiivinen
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ὑπερθετικός
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: superlativisk
 * Old English: oferstīgendlīċ
 * Romanian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: feabhasach
 * Slovak: superlatívny
 * Tagalog: pasukdol