summum

sɔmɔm

Definition

Definition of summum - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

excellencepoint le plus haut qu'on peut atteindre dans un domaine

Cette performance représente le summum de son art.
Ce prix est le summum de sa carrière.
Atteindre le summum demande beaucoup d'efforts.

apogée

zénith

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au summum

adv.

au plus haut degré, à l'intensité maximale

Sa colère était au summum quand il a découvert la vérité.

le summum de

det.

niveau le plus élevé possible d'une qualité ou d'une chose

Pour lui, ce restaurant représente le summum de la cuisine française.

summum bonum

bien suprême vers lequel tendent tous les autres biens

Aristote considérait le bonheur comme le summum bonum de l'existence humaine.

Origin of summum

latin, summum (le plus haut)

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luxe absolu

summum

niveau de luxe total et sans limite, représentant le summum du raffinement

apothéose

summum

point culminant d'une situation ou d'un processus

au faîte

adv.

summum

au plus haut niveau de succès, gloire ou pouvoir

comble de l'horreur

summum

point le plus élevé de quelque chose d'horrible ou d'épouvantable

comble du luxe

summum

degré le plus élevé de luxe et de raffinement possible

il ne manquerait plus que

exp.

summum absurdité

expression qui souligne que quelque chose serait vraiment le comble

pompon

exagération

summum ou comble de quelque chose de négatif

contre-ut

figuré

niveau le plus élevé ou summum de quelque chose

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English:pinnacle, ...
German:Höhepunkt, ...
Italian:culmine, ...
Spanish:cima, ...
Portuguese:ápice, ...
Chinese:巅峰, ...
Japanese:頂点, ...
Arabic:ذروة, ...
Hebrew:שִׂיא, ...
Russian:высшая точка, ...
Ukrainian:вершина, ...
Catalan:cim, ...
Danish:toppunkt, ...
Dutch:hoogtepunt, ...
Greek:αποκορύφωμα, ...
Khmer:កំពូល, ...
Korean:정점, ...
Polish:szczyt, ...
Portuguese (BR):ápice, ...
Romanian:apogeu, ...
Swedish:summum, ...
Thai:จุดสูงสุด, ...
Turkish:zirve, ...
Vietnamese:đỉnh cao, ...

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Definition of summum - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

Expressions with summum

Origin of summum

Terms related to summum

Terms with summum included in their meaning

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