identity

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• Received-Pronunciation: /aɪˈdɛntɪti/
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• General-American: /aɪˈdɛn(t)ɪti/
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• General-American: /aɪˈdɛn(t)əti/
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• General-American: [aɪˈdɛnɪɾi]
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• General-American: [aɪˈdɛnəɾi]
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• Australian: /ɑɪˈdentəti/
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• CMU ARPABET: AY0 D EH1 N T IH0 T IY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English ydemptite, from Middle French identité and its etymon Late Latin idemptitās, identitās, from idem (“the same”) + -tās (suffix forming abstract nouns) as a calque of Ancient Greek ταὐτότης (tautótēs, “sameness”).

166 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: identiteit — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Albanian: identitetit — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Arabic: مُطَابَقَة (muṭābaqa) — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Armenian: ինքնություն (inkʻnutʻyun) — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Armenian: նույնականություն (nuynakanutʻyun) — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Bashkir: үҙаң (üźañ) — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Belarusian: тоеса́масць (tojesámascʹ) — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Belarusian: тожса́масць (tožsámascʹ) — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Belarusian: то́еснасць (tójesnascʹ) — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Belarusian: ідэнты́чнасць (identýčnascʹ) — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Bulgarian: една́квост (ednákvost) — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Bulgarian: тъжде́ственост (tǎždéstvenost) — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Bulgarian: иденти́чност (identíčnost) — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Catalan: identitat — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Chinese Mandarin: 個性 /个性 (gèxìng) — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Chinese Mandarin: 身分 (shēnfen) — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Chinese Mandarin: 身份 (shēnfen) — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Czech: totožnost — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Czech: identita — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Danish: identitet — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Dutch: identiteit — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Finnish: yhtäläisyys — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Finnish: samuus — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Finnish: identtisyys — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Finnish: identiteetti — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• French: identité — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Galician: identidade — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Georgian: იდენტურობა (idenṭuroba) — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• German: Identität — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• German: Gleichheit — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• German: Übereinstimmung — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• German: Nämlichkeit — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Greek: ταυτότητα (taftótita) — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Hebrew: זֶהוּת (zehút) — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Hungarian: azonosság — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Irish: ionannas — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Italian: identità — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Japanese: 同一 (dōitsu) — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Kazakh: даралық (daralyq) — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Korean: 동일(同一)함 (dong'ilham) — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Korean: 동일성 (dong'ilseong) — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Latvian: tāpatība — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Macedonian: идентите́т (identitét) — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Maltese: identità — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Māori: tuakiri — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Norwegian Bokmål: identitet — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Norwegian Nynorsk: identitet — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Iranian Persian: هُوِیَت (hoviyat) — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Polish: tożsamość — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Portuguese: identidade — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Punjabi: ਪਛਾਣ (pachāṇ) — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Punjabi: پَچھاݨ (pachāṇ) — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Romanian: identitate — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Russian: тожде́ственность (toždéstvennostʹ) — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Russian: иденти́чность (idɛntíčnostʹ) — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Scottish Gaelic: ionannachd — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Serbo-Croatian: идентѝте̄т — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Serbo-Croatian: identìtēt — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Slovak: totožnosť — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Slovak: identita — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Slovene: identiteta — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Spanish: identidad — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Swedish: identitet — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Tagalog: kasiyangaan — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Tagalog: pagkakakilanlan — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Thai: เอกลักษณ์ (èek-gà-lák) — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Ukrainian: іденти́чність (identýčnistʹ) — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Ukrainian: тото́жність (totóžnistʹ) — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Urdu: پَہْچان (pahcān) — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Vietnamese: tính đồng nhất — the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal
• Afrikaans: persoonlikheid — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Arabic: هُوِيَّة (huwiyya) — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Arabic: هويَّة (hawiye) — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Azerbaijani: kimlik — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Bashkir: үҙаң (üźañ) — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Basque: nortasuna — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Bulgarian: индивидуа́лност (individuálnost) — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Chinese Mandarin: 同一性 (tóngyīxìng) — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Chinese Mandarin: 個性 /个性 (gèxìng) — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Chinese Mandarin: 特性 (tèxìng) — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Chinese Mandarin: 身分 (shēnfen) — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Chinese Mandarin: 身份 (shēnfèn) — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Czech: identita — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Czech: totožnost — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Danish: identitet — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Dutch: persoonlijkheid — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Finnish: yksilöys — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Finnish: yksilöllisyys — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Finnish: identiteetti — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Finnish: olemus — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• French: identité — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Galician: identidade — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Georgian: ვინაობა (vinaoba) — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• German: Identität — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Greek: ταυτότητα (taftótita) — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Hebrew: זֶהוּת (zehút) — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Hungarian: személyazonosság — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Hungarian: kilét — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Hungarian: önazonosság — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Hungarian: hovatartozás — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Hungarian: mibenlét — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Japanese: 身元 (mimoto) — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Japanese: 同一性 (dōitsusei) — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Japanese: アイデンティティ (aidentiti) — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Japanese: アイデンティティー (aitentitī) — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Japanese: 主体性 (shutaisei) — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Kazakh: сипаты (sipaty) — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Kazakh: бейнесі (beinesı) — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Kazakh: реті (retı) — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Korean: 아이덴티티 (aidentiti) — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Korean: 정체성 (jeongcheseong) — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Latvian: identitāte — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Maltese: identità — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Māori: tuakiri — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Norwegian Bokmål: identitet — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Norwegian Nynorsk: identitet — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Iranian Persian: هُوِیَت (hoviyat) — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Polish: tożsamość — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Portuguese: identidade — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Russian: иденти́чность (idɛntíčnostʹ) — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Russian: индивидуа́льность (individuálʹnostʹ) — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Russian: ли́чность (líčnostʹ) — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Scottish Gaelic: dearbh-aithne — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Spanish: identidad — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Swedish: identitet — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Tagalog: kasiyangaan — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Tagalog: pagkakakilanlan — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Thai: เอกลักษณ์ (èek-gà-lák) — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Turkish: hüviyyet — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Ukrainian: особи́стість (osobýstistʹ) — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Ukrainian: індивідуа́льність (indyviduálʹnistʹ) — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Vietnamese: cá tính — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Vietnamese: đặc tính — the difference or character that marks off an individual or group from the rest
• Afrikaans: identiteit — name or persona
• Arabic: هُوِيَّة (huwiyya) — name or persona
• Arabic: هويَّة (hawiye) — name or persona
• Bulgarian: самоли́чност (samolíčnost) — name or persona
• Chinese Mandarin: 身分 (shēnfen) — name or persona
• Chinese Mandarin: 身份 (shēnfen) — name or persona
• Czech: totožnost — name or persona
• Czech: identita — name or persona
• Danish: identitet — name or persona
• Dutch: identiteit — name or persona
• Finnish: henkilöllisyys — name or persona
• French: identité — name or persona
• Galician: identidade — name or persona
• German: Identität — name or persona
• Greek: ταυτότητα (taftótita) — name or persona
• Hebrew: פַּרְצוּף (partsúf) — name or persona
• Hungarian: személyiség — name or persona
• Hungarian: identitás — name or persona
• Japanese: 氏名 (shimei) — name or persona
• Japanese: 素性 (sujō) — name or persona
• Korean: 정체 (jeongche) — name or persona
• Norwegian Bokmål: identitet — name or persona
• Norwegian Nynorsk: identitet — name or persona
• Polish: tożsamość — name or persona
• Portuguese: identidade — name or persona
• Romanian: identitate — name or persona
• Russian: ли́чность (líčnostʹ) — name or persona
• Russian: ли́чные да́нные (líčnyje dánnyje) — name or persona
• Albanian: barazim — a mathematical equation that holds true irrespective of input elements.
• Bulgarian: тъждество́ (tǎždestvó) — a mathematical equation that holds true irrespective of input elements.
• Hungarian: azonosság — a mathematical equation that holds true irrespective of input elements.
• Māori: tūmau — a mathematical equation that holds true irrespective of input elements.
• Spanish: identidad — a mathematical equation that holds true irrespective of input elements.