"peculiarity" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /pɪˌkjuliˈɛɹɪti/ [General-American], /pɪˌkjuːliˈæɹɪti/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-peculiarity.wav [US] Forms: peculiarities [plural]
Rhymes: -æɹɪti Etymology: peculiar + -ity Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|peculiar|ity}} peculiar + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} peculiarity (countable and uncountable, plural peculiarities)
  1. The quality or state of being peculiar; individuality; singularity. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the quality or state of being peculiar): особеност (osobenost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), своеобразие (svoeobrazie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), peculiaritat [feminine] (Catalan), singularité [feminine] (French), bizarrerie [feminine] (French), étrangeté [feminine] (French), Singularität [feminine] (German), Einzigartigkeit [feminine] (German), saviškumas [masculine] (Lithuanian), Ieejenschoft [feminine] (Plautdietsch), peculiaridade [feminine] (Portuguese), peculiaridad [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-peculiarity-en-noun-OjP~wGcr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 15 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 70 20 9 Disambiguation of 'the quality or state of being peculiar': 95 4 1
  2. That which is peculiar; a special and distinctive characteristic or habit; particularity. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (that which is peculiar): xüsusiyyət (Azerbaijani), özəllik (Azerbaijani), особеност (osobenost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), peculiaritat [feminine] (Catalan), particularité [feminine] (French), distinction [feminine] (French), Besonderheit [feminine] (German), Ieejenschoft [feminine] (Plautdietsch), specyfika [feminine] (Polish), swoistość [feminine] (Polish), peculiaridade [feminine] (Portuguese), осо́бенность (osóbennostʹ) (Russian), peculiaridad [feminine] (Spanish), egenhet [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-peculiarity-en-noun-0gPncQFn Disambiguation of 'that which is peculiar': 23 76 1
  3. Exclusive possession or right. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-peculiarity-en-noun-k1k0p97A

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