Palmarès
The Palmarès [ palmaˈʀɛs ] denotes in Swiss High German (Latin-French origin) a list-like ranking, a list of successes or a list of winners.
The word is used in a variety of meanings, in which the individual list items can appear disordered, chronologically or sorted according to other criteria. Among other things, the list is called palmarès
- the winner of a competition (e.g. a film festival or a science award ),
- the sales success of an artist (e.g. a writer or musician ),
- the top rankings of an athlete (e.g. a footballer or cyclist ) and
- the best based on a certain criterion (e.g. the most beautiful cities, the most renowned universities or the most successful stocks ).
The term, which comes from French , has also been used in other European languages, especially through cycling , e.g. B. Italian and Romanian , found widespread.
Web links
- Palmarès, the. (Swiss) In: Duden , accessed on February 7, 2013
- Cycling Palmarès important rider (French)