noun
Meaning 1
The state of being punctual
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
punctuality
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /pʌŋktjʊˈæləti/
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Received-Pronunciation: /pʌŋtjʊˈæləti/
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Canada, General-American: /ˌpʌŋkt͡ʃuˈæləti/
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Canada, General-American: [ˌpʌŋkt͡ʃuˈæləɾi]
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Canada, General-American: /ˌpʌŋt͡ʃuˈæləti/
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Canada, General-American: [ˌpʌŋt͡ʃuˈæləɾi]
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CMU ARPABET: P AH2 NG K CH UW0 AE1 L IH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
the quality or habit of adhering to an appointed time
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: promptness
Antonyms: tardiness
Broader terms: timing
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English punctual Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English punctuality From punctual + -ity.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: stiptelikheid — state of being punctual
- Basque: puntualtasun — state of being punctual
- Belarusian: пунктуа́льнасць (punktuálʹnascʹ) — state of being punctual
- Bulgarian: акура́тност (akurátnost) — state of being punctual
- Catalan: puntualitat — state of being punctual
- Danish: punktlighed — state of being punctual
- Dutch: stiptheid — state of being punctual
- Esperanto: akurateco — state of being punctual
- Finnish: täsmällisyys — state of being punctual
- French: ponctualité — state of being punctual
- Galician: puntualidade — state of being punctual
- Georgian: პუნქტუალურობა (ṗunkṭualuroba) — state of being punctual
- German: Pünktlichkeit — state of being punctual
- Hungarian: pontosság — state of being punctual
- Italian: puntualità — state of being punctual
- Norwegian Bokmål: punktlighet — state of being punctual
- Norwegian Nynorsk: punktlegskap — state of being punctual
- Polish: punktualność — state of being punctual
- Portuguese: pontualidade — state of being punctual
- Romanian: punctualitate — state of being punctual
- Russian: пунктуа́льность (punktuálʹnostʹ) — state of being punctual
- Spanish: puntualidad — state of being punctual
- Swedish: punktlighet — state of being punctual
- Ukrainian: пунктуа́льність (punktuálʹnistʹ) — state of being punctual