# excepcional
## Catalan
### Etymology

From excepció +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ək.səp.si.uˈnal]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ək.səp.si.oˈnal]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ek.sep.si.oˈnal]
* Rhymes: -al

### Adjective

excepcional m or f (masculine and feminine plural excepcionals)
* exceptional

#### Derived terms

* excepcionalment
* excepcionalitat

### Further reading

* “excepcional” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “excepcional” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “excepcional”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “excepcional” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Etymology

From excepción +‎ -al.

### Adjective

excepcional m or f (plural excepcionais)
* exceptional, special
* extraordinary, unusual

#### Derived terms

* excepcionalidade
* excepcionalmente

### 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
### Alternative forms

* excecional (Portugal)

### Etymology

From French exceptionnel, or Latin exceptiō, exceptiōnem +‎ -al. Compare exceção.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /e.sep.si.oˈnaw/ [e.sep.sɪ.oˈnaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /e.sep.sjoˈnaw/ [e.sep.sjoˈnaʊ̯]
* 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

* excepcionalidade
* excepcionalmente

### Noun

excepcional m or f by sense (plural excepcionais) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)
* (Brazil) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

### 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: (Spain) /eɡsθebθjoˈnal/ [eɣ̞s.θeβ̞.θjoˈnal]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /eɡsebsjoˈnal/ [eɣ̞.seβ̞.sjoˈnal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: ex‧cep‧cio‧nal

### Adjective

excepcional m or f (masculine and feminine plural excepcionales)
* exceptional

#### Derived terms

* excepcionalidad
* excepcionalmente

### Further reading

* “excepcional”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10