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• /ˈɛn.tɪ.ti/
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• CMU ARPABET: EH1 N T AH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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* (Vatican intelligence): Translation of Italian l'Entità. * (Israel): Ellipsis of Zionist entity.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1es- Proto-Indo-European *h1ésti Proto-Indo-European *bhuH- Proto-Indo-European *bhúHt Proto-Italic *ezom~*som Old Latin 𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌 (esom) Old Latin esum Latin sumbf. Latin ēns Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Medieval Latin entitāsbor. English entity From the Medieval Latin entitās, from ēns (“being”) (stem: ent-) + -tās (compare essentia), see there for more information.

104 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: كِيَان (kiyān) — that which exists as an individual unit
• Belarusian: аб'е́кт (abʺjékt) — that which exists as an individual unit
• Belarusian: істо́та (istóta) — that which exists as an individual unit
• Bulgarian: същество́ (sǎštestvó) — that which exists as an individual unit
• Catalan: entitat — that which exists as an individual unit
• Chinese Mandarin: 實體 /实体 (shítǐ) — that which exists as an individual unit
• Chinese Mandarin: 整體 /整体 (zhěngtǐ) — that which exists as an individual unit
• Czech: entita — that which exists as an individual unit
• Danish: entitet — that which exists as an individual unit
• Dutch: entiteit — that which exists as an individual unit
• Dutch: wezen — that which exists as an individual unit
• Esperanto: ento — that which exists as an individual unit
• Finnish: olento — that which exists as an individual unit
• Finnish: olio — that which exists as an individual unit
• Finnish: kokonaisuus — that which exists as an individual unit
• Finnish: entiteetti — that which exists as an individual unit
• French: entité — that which exists as an individual unit
• Georgian: არსება (arseba) — that which exists as an individual unit
• Georgian: ობიექტი (obiekṭi) — that which exists as an individual unit
• German: Wesen — that which exists as an individual unit
• German: Einheit — that which exists as an individual unit
• German: Gebilde — that which exists as an individual unit
• German: Entität — that which exists as an individual unit
• German: Instanz — that which exists as an individual unit
• German: Rechtspersönlichkeit — that which exists as an individual unit
• Gujarati: અસ્તિત્વ (astitva) — that which exists as an individual unit
• Hebrew: יְשׁוּת (yeshút) — that which exists as an individual unit
• Hindi: अस्तित्वी (astitvī) — that which exists as an individual unit
• Irish: aonán — that which exists as an individual unit
• Irish: eintiteas — that which exists as an individual unit
• Italian: soggetto — that which exists as an individual unit
• Italian: entità — that which exists as an individual unit
• Japanese: 実体 (jittai) — that which exists as an individual unit
• Korean: 실재 (siljae) — that which exists as an individual unit
• Lithuanian: subjektas — that which exists as an individual unit
• Lithuanian: esybė — that which exists as an individual unit
• Macedonian: е́динка (édinka) — that which exists as an individual unit
• Macedonian: су́штество (súštestvo) — that which exists as an individual unit
• Māori: hinonga — that which exists as an individual unit
• Māori: rangatōpū — that which exists as an individual unit
• Polish: jednostka — that which exists as an individual unit
• Polish: istnienie — that which exists as an individual unit
• Portuguese: entidade — that which exists as an individual unit
• Russian: существо́ (suščestvó) — that which exists as an individual unit
• Russian: объе́кт (obʺjékt) — that which exists as an individual unit
• Serbo-Croatian: ентѝте̄т — that which exists as an individual unit
• Serbo-Croatian: entìtēt — that which exists as an individual unit
• Slovak: entita — that which exists as an individual unit
• Spanish: entidad — that which exists as an individual unit
• Ukrainian: об'є́кт (obʺjékt) — that which exists as an individual unit
• Ukrainian: істо́та (istóta) — that which exists as an individual unit
• Urdu: ہستی (hasti) — that which exists as an individual unit
• Welsh: endid — that which exists as an individual unit
• Belarusian: і́снасць (ísnascʹ) — existence of something considered apart from its properties
• Belarusian: су́тнасць (sútnascʹ) — existence of something considered apart from its properties
• Chinese Mandarin: 本體 /本体 (běntǐ) — existence of something considered apart from its properties
• Czech: entita — existence of something considered apart from its properties
• Esperanto: ento — existence of something considered apart from its properties
• Finnish: olio — existence of something considered apart from its properties
• Finnish: olento — existence of something considered apart from its properties
• Finnish: entiteetti — existence of something considered apart from its properties
• French: entité — existence of something considered apart from its properties
• Georgian: არსი (arsi) — existence of something considered apart from its properties
• Italian: entità — existence of something considered apart from its properties
• Māori: hinonga — existence of something considered apart from its properties
• Polish: istnienie — existence of something considered apart from its properties
• Portuguese: entidade — existence of something considered apart from its properties
• Russian: су́щность (súščnostʹ) — existence of something considered apart from its properties
• Slovak: entita — existence of something considered apart from its properties
• Spanish: entidad — existence of something considered apart from its properties
• Ukrainian: су́тність (sútnistʹ) — existence of something considered apart from its properties
• Chinese Mandarin: 資料物件 /资料物件 — computing: anything about which data can be stored
• Finnish: entiteetti — computing: anything about which data can be stored
• Finnish: tietokohde — computing: anything about which data can be stored
• Finnish: kohde — computing: anything about which data can be stored
• French: entité — computing: anything about which data can be stored
• Georgian: ერთეული (erteuli) — computing: anything about which data can be stored
• German: Entität — computing: anything about which data can be stored
• Greek: οντότητα (ontótita) — computing: anything about which data can be stored
• Irish: aonán — computing: anything about which data can be stored
• Italian: elemento — computing: anything about which data can be stored
• Russian: су́щность (súščnostʹ) — computing: anything about which data can be stored
• Belarusian: існава́нне (isnavánnje) — state or quality of existence
• Bulgarian: съществу́ване (sǎštestvúvane) — state or quality of existence
• Chinese Mandarin: 存在性 (cúnzàixìng) — state or quality of existence
• Esperanto: ento — state or quality of existence
• Finnish: olemassaolo — state or quality of existence
• Georgian: ყოფიერება (q̇opiereba) — state or quality of existence
• German: Dasein — state or quality of existence
• German: Existenz — state or quality of existence
• Italian: esistenza — state or quality of existence
• Macedonian: посто́ење (postóenje) — state or quality of existence
• Macedonian: суштеству́вање (suštestvúvanje) — state or quality of existence
• Polish: istnienie — state or quality of existence
• Russian: существова́ние (suščestvovánije) — state or quality of existence
• Russian: бытие́ (bytijé) — state or quality of existence
• Ukrainian: існува́ння (isnuvánnja) — state or quality of existence
• Chinese Mandarin: 幽靈 /幽灵 (yōulíng) — spirit, ghost, or the like
• Finnish: kummitus — spirit, ghost, or the like
• German: Gebilde — spirit, ghost, or the like
• German: Wesen — spirit, ghost, or the like
• German: Ding — spirit, ghost, or the like
• Chinese Mandarin: 生命體 /生命体 (shēngmìngtǐ) — (science fiction) alien lifeform that has no corporeal body
• Finnish: eteerinen olento — (science fiction) alien lifeform that has no corporeal body