excellence, n.f., excellence, excellency. Par —; preeminently, above all. Votre —; your Excellency. Donner de l’—; (fam.) to call any one Excellency.
excellent, -e, adj., excellent; delightful; delicious.
excellentissime, adj., most excellent.
exceller, v.n., to excel, to be eminent, to transcend, to be transcendent, to surpass.
excentricité, n.f., eccentricity.
excentrique, adj., eccentric, odd.
excentrique, n.m., (mec.) eccentric-wheel.
excepté, prep., except, excepting, save, but. — que; except that.
excepter, v.a., to except. S’—; to be excepted.
exception, n.f., exception; (jur.) exception; (jur.) plea; (jur.) bar. — déclinatoire; (jur.) plea against the jurisdiction. — péremptoire; (jur.) demurrer. — d’incompétence; (jur.) foreign plea. — tirée de l’aveu or des actes de la partie; estoppel. À l’— de; with the exception of, except, excepting. D’—; exceptional.