"quiddité" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [French]

IPA: /ki.di.te/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-quiddité.wav Forms: quiddités [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin quidditas. Etymology templates: {{lbor|fr|ML.|quidditas}} Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin quidditas Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} quiddité f (plural quiddités)
  1. (philosophy) quiddity (essence or inherent nature of a person or thing; that which makes something what it is) Tags: feminine Related terms: eccéité

Noun [Middle French]

Forms: quidditez [plural]
Etymology: 14th century, borrowed from Latin quidditas. Etymology templates: {{bor|frm|la|quidditas}} Latin quidditas Head templates: {{head|frm|noun|||plural|quidditez||{{{pl2}}}||{{{f}}}||{{{f}}}s|f1accel-form=p|g=f|g2=|head=|sort=}} quiddité f (plural quidditez), {{frm-noun|f|quidditez}} quiddité f (plural quidditez)
  1. quiddity; essence Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-quiddité-frm-noun-Wwf82QGj Categories (other): Middle French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Old French]

Forms: quiddité oblique singular or [canonical, feminine], quidditez [oblique, plural], quiddité [nominative, singular], quidditez [nominative, plural]
Head templates: {{fro-noun|f}} quiddité oblique singular, f (oblique plural quidditez, nominative singular quiddité, nominative plural quidditez)
  1. quiddity; essence
    Sense id: en-quiddité-fro-noun-Wwf82QGj Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

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