"speciality" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌspɛʃiˈælɪti/ [UK] Audio: En-us-speciality.oga [US] Forms: specialities [plural]
Rhymes: -ælɪti Etymology: special + -ity, from Middle French spécialité, from Old French specialte, especialte, from Latin specialitas. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|special|ity}} special + -ity, {{der|en|frm|spécialité}} Middle French spécialité, {{der|en|fro|specialte}} Old French specialte, {{m|fro|especialte}} especialte, {{der|en|la|specialitas}} Latin specialitas Head templates: {{en-noun}} speciality (plural specialities)
  1. British standard form of specialty. Wikipedia link: speciality Tags: British, alt-of, standard Alternative form of: specialty
    Sense id: en-speciality-en-noun-bf8jqBK- Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity

Inflected forms

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