nec plus ultra
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin nec plus ultra (“nothing further beyond”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nec plus ultra m (uncountable)
- (informal) the best of the best
- le nec plus ultra en matière de … ― the very best when it comes to… the last word in…
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “nec plus ultra”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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