quality

/kˈwɒləti/KWO-luh-tee
/kˈwɑləti/KWAH-luh-tee

Meaningof-what-kindness

Common meaning: the kind or standard of something

Journey through time

  1. Latinquālis‘of what kind’
  2. Middle Englishqualitesource
  3. Englishquality‘the kind or standard of something’ · today

qual also in: qualify

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin quālis ‘of what kind’.

Roots

Related words

qualify

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