"specialty" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈspɛʃəlti/ [US] Audio: En-us-specialty.ogg [US] Forms: specialties [plural]
Etymology: From Old French specialte, especialte, from Latin specialitas. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|specialte}} Old French specialte, {{m|fro|especialte}} especialte, {{der|en|la|specialitas}} Latin specialitas Head templates: {{en-noun}} specialty (plural specialties)
  1. That in which one specializes; a chosen expertise or talent. Tags: US Translations (that in which one specializes): اِخْتِصَاص (iḵtiṣāṣ) [masculine] (Arabic), اختصاص (exteṣāṣ) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), մասնագիտություն (masnagitutʿyun) (Armenian), специа́лност (speciálnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), especialitat [feminine] (Catalan), 專業 (Chinese Mandarin), 专业 (zhuānyè) (Chinese Mandarin), 專長 (Chinese Mandarin), 专长 (zhuāncháng) (english: special skill) (Chinese Mandarin), 擅長 (Chinese Mandarin), 擅长 (shàncháng) (english: special skill) (Chinese Mandarin), specialita [feminine] (Czech), specialiteit [feminine] (Dutch), terrein [neuter] (Dutch), erikoisuus (Finnish), erikoisala (Finnish), spesialiteetti (Finnish), spécialité [feminine] (French), Spezialität [feminine] (German), ειδικότητα (eidikótita) [feminine] (Greek), különlegesség (Hungarian), specialitás (Hungarian), sérréttur [masculine] (Icelandic), specialità [feminine] (Italian), 専門 (semmon) (alt: せんもん) (Japanese), 특산물 (teuksanmul) (Korean), специја́лност (specijálnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), विशेषता (viśeṣtā) [feminine] (Marathi), खासियत (khāsiyat) [feminine] (Marathi), spesialitet (Norwegian), تخصص (taxassos) (Persian), specjalność [feminine] (Polish), specjalizacja [feminine] (Polish), especialidade [feminine] (Portuguese), специа́льность (speciálʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), специализа́ция (specializácija) [feminine] (Russian), especialidad [feminine] (Spanish), specialitet [common-gender] (Swedish), specialité [common-gender] (Swedish), katangian (Tagalog), спеціа́льність (speciálʹnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-specialty-en-noun-CCtyjaq1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 24 3 5 18 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 32 15 3 6 23 20 Disambiguation of 'that in which one specializes': 92 5 0 0 1 2
  2. A product that originates in and is characteristic of a place. Tags: US Translations (product that is characteristic of a place): Spezialität [feminine] (German), specialitet [common-gender] (Swedish), specialité [common-gender] (Swedish), đặc sản (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-specialty-en-noun-K~EJd08w Disambiguation of 'product that is characteristic of a place': 1 74 1 2 20 2
  3. (obsolete) Particularity. Tags: US, obsolete
    Sense id: en-specialty-en-noun-F46EKK1i
  4. A particular or peculiar case. Tags: US Translations (particular or peculiar case): особен случай (osoben slučaj) [masculine] (Bulgarian), erikoistapaus (Finnish), katangian (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-specialty-en-noun-1Y8HdD2~ Disambiguation of 'particular or peculiar case': 0 1 9 80 9 2
  5. An attribute or quality peculiar to a species. Tags: US Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (attribute or quality peculiar to a species): особеност (osobenost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), erityispiirre (Finnish), Arteigenschaft [feminine] (German), осо́беност (osóbenost) [feminine] (Macedonian), осо́бина (osóbina) [feminine] (Macedonian), katangian (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-specialty-en-noun-7SFLp6l- Disambiguation of Medicine: 0 0 0 0 100 0 Disambiguation of 'attribute or quality peculiar to a species': 1 3 1 4 90 1
  6. (law) A contract or obligation under seal; a contract by deed; a writing, under seal, given as security for a debt particularly specified. Tags: US Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-specialty-en-noun-TTsRW385 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: speciality (english: British / Commonwealth spelling) Derived forms: specialty crop, specialty shop, specialty store Related terms: specialist, subspecialty, subspecialist

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