superb
AdjectiveOpen English WordNet
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Translations
Adjective of the highest quality
- Spanish
- excelente
- French
- superbe
- German
- superb
- Italian
- eccellente
- Turkish
- mükemmel
- Russian
- превосхо́дный prevosxódnyj
- Polish
- znakomity
- Swedish
- storartad
- Hungarian
- kitűnő
- Catalan
- soberg
2 more languages
- Czech
- vynikající
- Romanian
- superb
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: F. superbe, L. superbus, fr. super over. See Super-.
1. Grand; magnificent; august; stately; as, a superb edifice; a superb colonnade.
2. Rich; elegant; as, superb furniture or decorations.
3. Showy; excellent; grand; as, a superb exhibition.
Superb paradise bird Zoology, a bird of paradise (Paradisaea superba syn. Lophorina superba) having the scapulars erectile, and forming a large ornamental tuft on each shoulder, and a large gorget of brilliant feathers on the breast. The color is deep violet, or nearly black, with brilliant green reflections. The gorget is bright metallic green. — Superb warber. Zoology See Blue wren, under Wren.
— Su·perb′wb-a1′>′ly, adverb — Su·perb′wb-a1′>′ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54