idiosyncrasy

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɪdɪəʊˈsɪŋkɹəsi/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɪdɪəˈsɪŋkɹəsi/
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• General-American: /ˌɪdiəˈsɪŋkɹəsi/
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• General-American: /ˌɪdioʊˈsɪŋkɹəsi/
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• Australian: /ˌɪdiəˈsɪŋkɹəsi/
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• New-Zealand: /ˌədiəˈsəŋkɹəsi/
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 D IY0 OW0 S IH1 N K R AH0 S IY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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First attested in 1604, in modern sense since 1665, from Ancient Greek ἰδιοσυγκρασία (idiosunkrasía, “one’s own temperament”), from ἴδιος (ídios, “one’s own”) + σύν (sún, “together”) + κρᾶσις (krâsis, “temperament”). By surface analysis, idio- + syn- + -crasy.

116 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: индивидуалност (individualnost) — way of behaving or thinking
• Bulgarian: начин на мислене (način na mislene) — way of behaving or thinking
• Bulgarian: идиосинкра́зия (idiosinkrázija) — way of behaving or thinking
• Catalan: idiosincràsia — way of behaving or thinking
• Danish: idiosynkrasi — way of behaving or thinking
• Danish: særpræg — way of behaving or thinking
• Danish: egenart — way of behaving or thinking
• Dutch: eigenheid — way of behaving or thinking
• Dutch: eigenaardigheid — way of behaving or thinking
• Esperanto: idiosinkrazio — way of behaving or thinking
• Finnish: omalaatuisuus — way of behaving or thinking
• French: idiosyncrasie — way of behaving or thinking
• German: Eigenheit — way of behaving or thinking
• German: Eigenart — way of behaving or thinking
• German: Eigensinn — way of behaving or thinking
• Greek: ιδιοσυγκρασία (idiosygkrasía) — way of behaving or thinking
• Greek: νοοτροπία (nootropía) — way of behaving or thinking
• Ancient Greek: ἰδιοσυγκρασία (idiosunkrasía) — way of behaving or thinking
• Italian: idiosincrasia — way of behaving or thinking
• Italian: mania — way of behaving or thinking
• Italian: fissazione — way of behaving or thinking
• Japanese: 個性 (kosei) — way of behaving or thinking
• Japanese: 特異体質 (tokuitaishitsu) — way of behaving or thinking
• Polish: osobliwość — way of behaving or thinking
• Polish: dziwactwo — way of behaving or thinking
• Polish: idiosynkrazja — way of behaving or thinking
• Portuguese: idiossincrasia — way of behaving or thinking
• Romanian: particularitate — way of behaving or thinking
• Romanian: idiosincrazie — way of behaving or thinking
• Russian: идиосинкрази́я (idiosinkrazíja) — way of behaving or thinking
• Spanish: idiosincrasia — way of behaving or thinking
• Spanish: chiripiorca — way of behaving or thinking
• Swedish: egenart — way of behaving or thinking
• Swedish: egenhet — way of behaving or thinking
• Swedish: egenskap — way of behaving or thinking
• Turkish: ayrıklılık — way of behaving or thinking
• Turkish: huy — way of behaving or thinking
• Turkish: kişisel özellik — way of behaving or thinking
• Turkish: tuhaflık — way of behaving or thinking
• Turkish: mizaç — way of behaving or thinking
• Turkish: tabiat — way of behaving or thinking
• Ukrainian: ідіосинкразія (idiosynkrazija) — way of behaving or thinking
• Vietnamese: cá tính — way of behaving or thinking
• Vietnamese: cá biệt — way of behaving or thinking
• Yiddish: אידיאָסינקראַסי (idyosinkrasi) — way of behaving or thinking
• Bulgarian: идиосинкра́зия (idiosinkrázija) — language or behaviour particular to an individual or a group
• Catalan: idiosincràsia — language or behaviour particular to an individual or a group
• Dutch: jargon — language or behaviour particular to an individual or a group
• Dutch: eigenaardigheid — language or behaviour particular to an individual or a group
• French: idiosyncrasie — language or behaviour particular to an individual or a group
• Georgian: თავისებურება (tavisebureba) — language or behaviour particular to an individual or a group
• Georgian: მახასიათებელი (maxasiatebeli) — language or behaviour particular to an individual or a group
• German: Eigenheit — language or behaviour particular to an individual or a group
• German: Eigenart — language or behaviour particular to an individual or a group
• German: Idiosynkrasie — language or behaviour particular to an individual or a group
• Italian: idiosincrasia — language or behaviour particular to an individual or a group
• Polish: idiosynkrazja — language or behaviour particular to an individual or a group
• Portuguese: idiossincrasia — language or behaviour particular to an individual or a group
• Romanian: trăsătură — language or behaviour particular to an individual or a group
• Russian: отличи́тельная осо́бенность (otličítelʹnaja osóbennostʹ) — language or behaviour particular to an individual or a group
• Russian: отличи́тельная черта́ (otličítelʹnaja čertá) — language or behaviour particular to an individual or a group
• Spanish: idiosincrasia — language or behaviour particular to an individual or a group
• Vietnamese: cá tính — language or behaviour particular to an individual or a group
• Vietnamese: cá biệt — language or behaviour particular to an individual or a group
• Vietnamese: đặc tính — language or behaviour particular to an individual or a group
• Vietnamese: đặc điểm — language or behaviour particular to an individual or a group
• Bulgarian: идиосинкра́зия (idiosinkrázija) — (medicine) individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance
• Catalan: idiosincràsia — (medicine) individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance
• Danish: overfølsomhed — (medicine) individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance
• Danish: idiosynkrasi — (medicine) individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance
• Dutch: idiosyncrasie — (medicine) individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance
• Dutch: overgevoeligheid — (medicine) individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance
• Estonian: ülitundlikkus — (medicine) individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance
• Finnish: idiosynkrasia — (medicine) individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance
• Finnish: yliherkkyys — (medicine) individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance
• French: idiosyncrasie — (medicine) individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance
• Georgian: იდიოსინკრაზია (idiosinḳrazia) — (medicine) individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance
• German: Idiosynkrasie — (medicine) individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance
• Greek: ευαισθησία (evaisthisía) — (medicine) individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance
• Italian: idiosincrasia — (medicine) individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance
• Italian: insofferenza — (medicine) individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance
• Italian: intolleranza — (medicine) individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance
• Persian: فردویژگی (fard-vižegi) — (medicine) individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance
• Polish: idiosynkrazja — (medicine) individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance
• Portuguese: idiossincrasia — (medicine) individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance
• Romanian: idiosincrasie — (medicine) individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance
• Russian: идиосинкрази́я (idiosinkrazíja) — (medicine) individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance
• Serbo-Croatian: idiosinkrazija — (medicine) individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance
• Swedish: idiosynkrasi — (medicine) individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance
• Bulgarian: осо́беност (osóbenost) — peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
• Chinese Mandarin: 特性 (tèxìng) — peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
• Danish: særhed — peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
• Danish: særegenhed — peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
• Danish: særpræg — peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
• Danish: idiosynkrasi — peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
• Dutch: kenmerk — peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
• Dutch: eigenaardigheid — peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
• Finnish: ominaispiirre — peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
• French: idiosyncrasie — peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
• German: Eigenheit — peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
• German: Eigenart — peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
• German: besonderes Merkmal — peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
• Greek: ιδιοσυγκρασία (idiosygkrasía) — peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
• Hungarian: jellemző sajátosság — peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
• Hungarian: egyéni sajátosság — peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
• Italian: idiosincrasia — peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
• Italian: avversione — peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
• Japanese: 特性 (tokusei) — peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
• Norwegian: særegenhet — peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
• Plautdietsch: Ieejenschoft — peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
• Portuguese: idiossincrasia — peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
• Romanian: caracteristică — peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
• Romanian: particularitate — peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
• Russian: отличи́тельная осо́бенность (otličítelʹnaja osóbennostʹ) — peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
• Russian: отличи́тельная черта́ (otličítelʹnaja čertá) — peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
• Turkish: huy — peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify