noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/pɹəˈpɹaɪəti/
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rhymes with -aɪɪti
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noun
Meaning 1
The particular character or essence of someone or something; individuality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
From late Middle English proprietee, propretee, propriete (“ownership”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman propreté, Middle French proprieté, from Latin proprietās. By surface analysis, prop(e)r + -iety. Doublet of property.
Across languages
Translations
59 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
уместност
(umestnost)
— fitness; the quality of being appropriate
Bulgarian:
правилност
(pravilnost)
— fitness; the quality of being appropriate
Catalan:
propietat
— fitness; the quality of being appropriate
Danish:
rigtighed
— fitness; the quality of being appropriate
Danish:
ordentlighed
— fitness; the quality of being appropriate
Esperanto:
taŭgo
— fitness; the quality of being appropriate
French:
décence
— fitness; the quality of being appropriate
German:
Angemessenheit
— fitness; the quality of being appropriate
German:
Richtigkeit
— fitness; the quality of being appropriate
German:
Korrektheit
— fitness; the quality of being appropriate
German:
Ordnungsmäßigkeit
— fitness; the quality of being appropriate
German:
Geeignetheit
— fitness; the quality of being appropriate
Hungarian:
helyénvalóság
— fitness; the quality of being appropriate
Hungarian:
helyesség
— fitness; the quality of being appropriate
Hungarian:
jogosság
— fitness; the quality of being appropriate
Hungarian:
megfelelőség
— fitness; the quality of being appropriate
Macedonian:
прикладност
(prikladnost)
— fitness; the quality of being appropriate
Macedonian:
умесност
(umesnost)
— fitness; the quality of being appropriate
Portuguese:
propriedade
— fitness; the quality of being appropriate
Romanian:
decență
— fitness; the quality of being appropriate
Russian:
уме́стность
(uméstnostʹ)
— fitness; the quality of being appropriate
Russian:
пра́вильность
(právilʹnostʹ)
— fitness; the quality of being appropriate
Russian:
обосно́ванность
(obosnóvannostʹ)
— fitness; the quality of being appropriate
Swedish:
lämplighet
— fitness; the quality of being appropriate
Bulgarian:
(благо)приличие
— correctness in behaviour and morals
Catalan:
propietat
— correctness in behaviour and morals
Danish:
sømmelighed
— correctness in behaviour and morals
Dutch:
correctheid
— correctness in behaviour and morals
Dutch:
fatsoen
— correctness in behaviour and morals
Dutch:
geschiktheid
— correctness in behaviour and morals
Dutch:
goede manieren
— correctness in behaviour and morals
French:
correction
— correctness in behaviour and morals
French:
bienséance
— correctness in behaviour and morals
French:
convenances
— correctness in behaviour and morals
French:
bonnes manières
— correctness in behaviour and morals
German:
Schicklichkeit
— correctness in behaviour and morals
German:
Tugendhaftigkeit
— correctness in behaviour and morals
German:
Wahrhaftigkeit
— correctness in behaviour and morals
German:
Redlichkeit
— correctness in behaviour and morals
German:
Anstand
— correctness in behaviour and morals
German:
Anständigkeit
— correctness in behaviour and morals
German:
Form
— correctness in behaviour and morals
Hungarian:
illem
— correctness in behaviour and morals
Hungarian:
illendőség
— correctness in behaviour and morals
Hungarian:
tisztesség
— correctness in behaviour and morals
Macedonian:
пристојност
(pristojnost)
— correctness in behaviour and morals
Macedonian:
умесност
(umesnost)
— correctness in behaviour and morals
Malayalam:
ഔചിത്യം
(aucityaṁ)
— correctness in behaviour and morals
Middle English:
honeste
— correctness in behaviour and morals
Plautdietsch:
Sittlichkjeit
— correctness in behaviour and morals
Portuguese:
propriedade
— correctness in behaviour and morals
Romanian:
cuviință
— correctness in behaviour and morals
Romanian:
corectitudine
— correctness in behaviour and morals
Russian:
присто́йность
(pristójnostʹ)
— correctness in behaviour and morals
Russian:
благопристо́йность
(blagopristójnostʹ)
— correctness in behaviour and morals
Sanskrit:
अचर
(acara)
— correctness in behaviour and morals
Spanish:
propiedad
— correctness in behaviour and morals
Spanish:
propriedad
— correctness in behaviour and morals
Spanish:
procedencia
— correctness in behaviour and morals
