"sine qua non" meaning in English

See sine qua non in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌsaɪnɪ kweɪ ˈnɒn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌsɪn(e)ɪ kwɑː ˈnəʊn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌsɪn(e)ɪ kwɑː ˈnɒn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌsɪni kwɑ ˈnɑn/ [US], /ˌsɪni kwɑ ˈnoʊn/ [US], /ˌsaɪni kweɪ ˈnɑn/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sine qua non1.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sine qua non2.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sine qua non3.wav Forms: sine qua nons [plural], sine quibus non [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒn, -əʊn Etymology: Borrowed from Latin [condiciō] sine quā nōn (“[condition] without which not”), an expression which originated in the works of Boethius as a translation of some Aristotelian expression (perhaps Ancient Greek οὗ οὐκ ἄνευ (hoû ouk áneu); compare also Modern Greek εκ των ων ουκ άνευ (ek ton on ouk ánef) / Katharevousa ἐκ τῶν ὧν οὐκ ἄνευ (ek tôn hôn ouk áneu)), and was later popularized by scholastics. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|[[􂀿condiciō]]􂁀 sine quā nōn||􂀿condition􂁀 without which not}} Latin [condiciō] sine quā nōn (“[condition] without which not”), {{der|en|grc|οὗ οὐκ ἄνευ}} Ancient Greek οὗ οὐκ ἄνευ (hoû ouk áneu), {{cog|el|εκ των ων ουκ άνευ}} Greek εκ των ων ουκ άνευ (ek ton on ouk ánef) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|sine quibus non|nolinkhead=1}} sine qua non (plural sine qua nons or sine quibus non)
  1. An essential or indispensable element, condition, or ingredient. Wikipedia link: Aristotle, Boethius, scholasticism Synonyms: nonnegotiable#Noun, prerequisite, sinequanon, sine quâ non [18th c.–present] Translations (prerequisite): لا بُدَّ منه (Arabic), شَرْط لَازِم (šarṭ lāzim) [masculine] (Arabic), անհրաժեշտ պայման (anhražešt payman) (Armenian), էական պայման (ēakan payman) (Armenian), մի բան, առանց որի հնարավոր չէ (mi ban, aṙancʻ ori hnaravor čʻē) (Armenian), condició indispensable [feminine] (Catalan), 必要條件 (Chinese Mandarin), 必要条件 (bìyào tiáojiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 不可或缺 (bù kě huò quē) [adjective] (Chinese Mandarin), absolut nødvendighed [common-gender] (Danish), nødvendig betingelse [common-gender] (Danish), absolute voorwaarde [feminine] (Dutch), sine qua non (Estonian), edellytys (Finnish), kynnyskysymys (Finnish), condition sine qua non [feminine] (French), absolute Notwendigkeit [feminine] (German), notwendige Bedingung [feminine] (German), unerlässliche Voraussetzung [feminine] (German), Conditio sine qua non [feminine] (German), εκ των ων ουκ άνευ (ek ton on ouk ánef) [neuter] (Greek), απαραίτητη προϋπόθεση (aparaítiti proÿpóthesi) [feminine] (Greek), előfeltétel (Hungarian), conditio sine qua non [feminine] (Italian), condicio sine qua non [feminine] (Italian), 必須条件 (hissujōken) (alt: ひっすじょうけん) (Japanese), 必要条件 (hitsuyōjōken) (alt: ひつようじょうけん) (Japanese), 要件 (yōken) (alt: ようけん) (Japanese), 불가결 (bulgagyeol) (Korean), 필수조건 (pilsujogeon) (Korean), 없어서는 안 될 것 (eopseoseoneun an doel geot) (Korean), warunek sine qua non [masculine] (Polish), warunek niezbędny [masculine] (Polish), sine qua non [masculine] (Portuguese), обяза́тельное усло́вие (objazátelʹnoje uslóvije) [neuter] (Russian), необходи́мое усло́вие n) (alt: (soveršénno) neobxodímoje uslóvije) (Russian), condición sine qua non [feminine] (Spanish), ofrånkomligt villkor [neuter] (Swedish), nödvändig förutsättning [common-gender] (Swedish), oeftergivligt villkor [neuter] (Swedish), vazgeçilemez (Turkish), olmazsa olmaz (Turkish), điều kiện tiên quyết (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "[[􂀿condiciō]]􂁀 sine quā nōn",
        "4": "",
        "5": "􂀿condition􂁀 without which not"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin [condiciō] sine quā nōn (“[condition] without which not”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "οὗ οὐκ ἄνευ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek οὗ οὐκ ἄνευ (hoû ouk áneu)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "el",
        "2": "εκ των ων ουκ άνευ"
      },
      "expansion": "Greek εκ των ων ουκ άνευ (ek ton on ouk ánef)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin [condiciō] sine quā nōn (“[condition] without which not”), an expression which originated in the works of Boethius as a translation of some Aristotelian expression (perhaps Ancient Greek οὗ οὐκ ἄνευ (hoû ouk áneu); compare also Modern Greek εκ των ων ουκ άνευ (ek ton on ouk ánef) / Katharevousa ἐκ τῶν ὧν οὐκ ἄνευ (ek tôn hôn ouk áneu)), and was later popularized by scholastics.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sine qua nons",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sine quibus non",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "sine quibus non",
        "nolinkhead": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "sine qua non (plural sine qua nons or sine quibus non)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Arabic translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Armenian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Danish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Estonian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Korean translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Turkish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Near-synonyms: dealbreaker, necessary condition"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXIX, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 79:",
          "text": "it is hardly likely he would have found any one so singularly interesting and fascinating as Margarita Riccardini; for the striking and animated beauty of her father was softened and relieved by that peculiar something, half modesty, and half pride, which is the characteristic of English loveliness, and which every Englishman requires as a sine qua non ere he resigns himself to a bondage it is the habit of his nature, or the result of his privileges, to admit reluctantly.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1883 January 12, James S[kipp] Borlase, “Darker than Death; a Tale of the Russia of To-day”, in The Hull Packet and East Riding Times, number 5,126, Kingston upon Hull, E.R.Y., chapter XVI (The Countess Takes Precautions and the Count Drives Bargains), page 3, column 3:",
          "text": "Beauty, grace, and accomplishments are, as I said before, a sine qua non, but as Basil is already the colonel of a crack cavalry corps, and has other military honours promised him in the near future, as also by reason that his father is Governor-General of the gubernium of Odessa, and will leave his son abundant wealth as well as his title of count, I think I have a right to expect something more in his future wife than mere accomplishments and good looks.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1909, Arnold Bennett, chapter I, in Literary Taste: How to Form It:",
          "text": "Literature, instead of being an accessory, is the fundamental sine qua non of complete living.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, A. Przeworski, M. Alvarez, J. Cheibub, F. Limongi, Democracy and Development, Cambridge University Press, page 34:",
          "text": "[…] whereas some degree of political freedom is a sine qua non condition for contestation, democracy cannot be sufficiently defined in terms of “liberties”[…]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An essential or indispensable element, condition, or ingredient."
      ],
      "id": "en-sine_qua_non-en-noun-dPvhXTDo",
      "links": [
        [
          "essential",
          "essential"
        ],
        [
          "indispensable",
          "indispensable"
        ],
        [
          "element",
          "element"
        ],
        [
          "condition",
          "condition"
        ],
        [
          "ingredient",
          "ingredient"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "nonnegotiable#Noun"
        },
        {
          "word": "prerequisite"
        },
        {
          "word": "sinequanon"
        },
        {
          "word": "sine quâ non [18th c.–present]"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "word": "لا بُدَّ منه"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "šarṭ lāzim",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "شَرْط لَازِم"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "anhražešt payman",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "word": "անհրաժեշտ պայման"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "ēakan payman",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "word": "էական պայման"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "mi ban, aṙancʻ ori hnaravor čʻē",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "word": "մի բան, առանց որի հնարավոր չէ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "condició indispensable"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "word": "必要條件"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bìyào tiáojiàn",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "word": "必要条件"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bù kě huò quē",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "tags": [
            "adjective"
          ],
          "word": "不可或缺"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "absolut nødvendighed"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "nødvendig betingelse"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "absolute voorwaarde"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "word": "sine qua non"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "word": "edellytys"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "word": "kynnyskysymys"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "condition sine qua non"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "absolute Notwendigkeit"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "notwendige Bedingung"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "unerlässliche Voraussetzung"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Conditio sine qua non"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ek ton on ouk ánef",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "εκ των ων ουκ άνευ"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "aparaítiti proÿpóthesi",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "απαραίτητη προϋπόθεση"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "word": "előfeltétel"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "conditio sine qua non"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "condicio sine qua non"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ひっすじょうけん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hissujōken",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "word": "必須条件"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ひつようじょうけん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hitsuyōjōken",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "word": "必要条件"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ようけん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yōken",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "word": "要件"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bulgagyeol",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "word": "불가결"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "pilsujogeon",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "word": "필수조건"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "eopseoseoneun an doel geot",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "word": "없어서는 안 될 것"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "warunek sine qua non"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "warunek niezbędny"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sine qua non"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "objazátelʹnoje uslóvije",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "обяза́тельное усло́вие"
        },
        {
          "alt": "(soveršénno) neobxodímoje uslóvije",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "word": "необходи́мое усло́вие n)"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "condición sine qua non"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ofrånkomligt villkor"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "nödvändig förutsättning"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "oeftergivligt villkor"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "word": "vazgeçilemez"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "word": "olmazsa olmaz"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "prerequisite",
          "word": "điều kiện tiên quyết"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Aristotle",
        "Boethius",
        "scholasticism"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌsaɪnɪ kweɪ ˈnɒn/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌsɪn(e)ɪ kwɑː ˈnəʊn/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌsɪn(e)ɪ kwɑː ˈnɒn/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sine qua non1.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/52/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sine_qua_non1.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sine_qua_non1.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/52/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sine_qua_non1.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sine_qua_non1.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sine qua non2.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d7/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sine_qua_non2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sine_qua_non2.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d7/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sine_qua_non2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sine_qua_non2.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sine qua non3.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/41/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sine_qua_non3.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sine_qua_non3.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/41/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sine_qua_non3.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sine_qua_non3.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌsɪni kwɑ ˈnɑn/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌsɪni kwɑ ˈnoʊn/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌsaɪni kweɪ ˈnɑn/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒn"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sine qua non"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "[[􂀿condiciō]]􂁀 sine quā nōn",
        "4": "",
        "5": "􂀿condition􂁀 without which not"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin [condiciō] sine quā nōn (“[condition] without which not”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "οὗ οὐκ ἄνευ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek οὗ οὐκ ἄνευ (hoû ouk áneu)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "el",
        "2": "εκ των ων ουκ άνευ"
      },
      "expansion": "Greek εκ των ων ουκ άνευ (ek ton on ouk ánef)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin [condiciō] sine quā nōn (“[condition] without which not”), an expression which originated in the works of Boethius as a translation of some Aristotelian expression (perhaps Ancient Greek οὗ οὐκ ἄνευ (hoû ouk áneu); compare also Modern Greek εκ των ων ουκ άνευ (ek ton on ouk ánef) / Katharevousa ἐκ τῶν ὧν οὐκ ἄνευ (ek tôn hôn ouk áneu)), and was later popularized by scholastics.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sine qua nons",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sine quibus non",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "sine quibus non",
        "nolinkhead": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "sine qua non (plural sine qua nons or sine quibus non)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic links with redundant wikilinks",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms borrowed from Latin",
        "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:English/ɒn",
        "Rhymes:English/ɒn/4 syllables",
        "Rhymes:English/əʊn",
        "Rhymes:English/əʊn/4 syllables",
        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Estonian translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Vietnamese translations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Near-synonyms: dealbreaker, necessary condition"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXIX, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 79:",
          "text": "it is hardly likely he would have found any one so singularly interesting and fascinating as Margarita Riccardini; for the striking and animated beauty of her father was softened and relieved by that peculiar something, half modesty, and half pride, which is the characteristic of English loveliness, and which every Englishman requires as a sine qua non ere he resigns himself to a bondage it is the habit of his nature, or the result of his privileges, to admit reluctantly.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1883 January 12, James S[kipp] Borlase, “Darker than Death; a Tale of the Russia of To-day”, in The Hull Packet and East Riding Times, number 5,126, Kingston upon Hull, E.R.Y., chapter XVI (The Countess Takes Precautions and the Count Drives Bargains), page 3, column 3:",
          "text": "Beauty, grace, and accomplishments are, as I said before, a sine qua non, but as Basil is already the colonel of a crack cavalry corps, and has other military honours promised him in the near future, as also by reason that his father is Governor-General of the gubernium of Odessa, and will leave his son abundant wealth as well as his title of count, I think I have a right to expect something more in his future wife than mere accomplishments and good looks.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1909, Arnold Bennett, chapter I, in Literary Taste: How to Form It:",
          "text": "Literature, instead of being an accessory, is the fundamental sine qua non of complete living.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, A. Przeworski, M. Alvarez, J. Cheibub, F. Limongi, Democracy and Development, Cambridge University Press, page 34:",
          "text": "[…] whereas some degree of political freedom is a sine qua non condition for contestation, democracy cannot be sufficiently defined in terms of “liberties”[…]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An essential or indispensable element, condition, or ingredient."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "essential",
          "essential"
        ],
        [
          "indispensable",
          "indispensable"
        ],
        [
          "element",
          "element"
        ],
        [
          "condition",
          "condition"
        ],
        [
          "ingredient",
          "ingredient"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "nonnegotiable#Noun"
        },
        {
          "word": "prerequisite"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Aristotle",
        "Boethius",
        "scholasticism"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌsaɪnɪ kweɪ ˈnɒn/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌsɪn(e)ɪ kwɑː ˈnəʊn/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌsɪn(e)ɪ kwɑː ˈnɒn/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sine qua non1.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/52/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sine_qua_non1.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sine_qua_non1.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/52/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sine_qua_non1.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sine_qua_non1.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sine qua non2.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d7/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sine_qua_non2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sine_qua_non2.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d7/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sine_qua_non2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sine_qua_non2.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sine qua non3.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/41/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sine_qua_non3.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sine_qua_non3.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/41/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sine_qua_non3.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sine_qua_non3.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌsɪni kwɑ ˈnɑn/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌsɪni kwɑ ˈnoʊn/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌsaɪni kweɪ ˈnɑn/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒn"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊn"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "sinequanon"
    },
    {
      "word": "sine quâ non [18th c.–present]"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "word": "لا بُدَّ منه"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šarṭ lāzim",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "شَرْط لَازِم"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "anhražešt payman",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "word": "անհրաժեշտ պայման"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ēakan payman",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "word": "էական պայման"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "mi ban, aṙancʻ ori hnaravor čʻē",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "word": "մի բան, առանց որի հնարավոր չէ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "condició indispensable"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "word": "必要條件"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bìyào tiáojiàn",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "word": "必要条件"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bù kě huò quē",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "不可或缺"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "absolut nødvendighed"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "nødvendig betingelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "absolute voorwaarde"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "word": "sine qua non"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "word": "edellytys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "word": "kynnyskysymys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "condition sine qua non"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "absolute Notwendigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "notwendige Bedingung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "unerlässliche Voraussetzung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Conditio sine qua non"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ek ton on ouk ánef",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "εκ των ων ουκ άνευ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aparaítiti proÿpóthesi",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "απαραίτητη προϋπόθεση"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "word": "előfeltétel"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "conditio sine qua non"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "condicio sine qua non"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひっすじょうけん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hissujōken",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "word": "必須条件"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひつようじょうけん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hitsuyōjōken",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "word": "必要条件"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ようけん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yōken",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "word": "要件"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bulgagyeol",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "word": "불가결"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pilsujogeon",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "word": "필수조건"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "eopseoseoneun an doel geot",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "word": "없어서는 안 될 것"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "warunek sine qua non"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "warunek niezbędny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sine qua non"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "objazátelʹnoje uslóvije",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "обяза́тельное усло́вие"
    },
    {
      "alt": "(soveršénno) neobxodímoje uslóvije",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "word": "необходи́мое усло́вие n)"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "condición sine qua non"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ofrånkomligt villkor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "nödvändig förutsättning"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "oeftergivligt villkor"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "word": "vazgeçilemez"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "word": "olmazsa olmaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "prerequisite",
      "word": "điều kiện tiên quyết"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sine qua non"
}

Download raw JSONL data for sine qua non meaning in English (11.9kB)

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": chengyu vs. bù kě huò quē",
  "path": [
    "sine qua non"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "sine qua non",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2028",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": соверше́нно vs. (soveršénno) neobxodímoje uslóvije",
  "path": [
    "sine qua non"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "sine qua non",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.