qualitative

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒl.ɪ.tə.tɪv/
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From Late Latin (or Medieval Latin) quālitātīvus. Equivalent to quality + -ative.

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: kwalitatief — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• Armenian: որակական (orakakan) — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• Belarusian: я́касны (jákasny) — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• Bulgarian: ка́чествен (káčestven) — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• Catalan: qualitatiu — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• Chinese Mandarin: 性質的 /性质的 (xìngzhì de) — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• Chinese Mandarin: 質的 /质的 (zhì de) — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• Czech: kvalitativní — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• Danish: kvalitativ — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• Dutch: kwalitatief — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• Esperanto: kvalita — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• Estonian: kvalitatiivne — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• Finnish: laadullinen — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• French: qualitatif — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• Galician: cualitativo — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• Georgian: კვალიტატიური (ḳvaliṭaṭiuri) — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• Georgian: ხარისხობრივი (xarisxobrivi) — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• Georgian: თვისობრივი (tvisobrivi) — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• German: qualitativ — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• Greek: ποιοτικός (poiotikós) — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• Icelandic: eigindlegur — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• Ido: qualesala — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• Italian: qualitativo — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• Korean: 질적 (jiljeok) — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• Lithuanian: kokybinis — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• Māori: inekounga — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• Norwegian Bokmål: kvalitativ — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kvalitativ — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• Polish: jakościowy — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• Portuguese: qualitativo — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• Romanian: calitativ — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• Russian: ка́чественный (káčestvennyj) — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• Spanish: cualitativo — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• Swedish: kvalitativ — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• Turkish: kalitatif — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• Turkish: nitel — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• Ukrainian: я́кісний (jákisnyj) — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• Vietnamese: tính chất — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• Vietnamese: chất — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• Vietnamese: phẩm chất — of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity
• Afrikaans: kwalitatief — (chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound
• Bulgarian: качествен (kačestven) — (chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound
• Catalan: qualitatiu — (chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound
• Chinese Mandarin: 定性的 (dìngxìng de) — (chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound
• Czech: kvalitativní — (chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound
• Finnish: kvalitatiivinen — (chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound
• French: qualitatif — (chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound
• German: qualitativ — (chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound
• Italian: qualitativo — (chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound
• Norwegian Bokmål: kvalitativ — (chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kvalitativ — (chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound
• Polish: jakościowy — (chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound
• Portuguese: qualitativo — (chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound
• Romanian: calitativ — (chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound
• Russian: ка́чественный (káčestvennyj) — (chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound
• Spanish: cualitativo — (chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound
• Swedish: kvalitativ — (chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound
• Swedish: kvalitativt — (chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound
• Vietnamese: định tính — (chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound