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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒlɪti/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈkwɔlɪtɪj/
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• General-American: /ˈkwɑləti/
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• General-American: [ˈkhwɑləɾi]
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• Canada: /ˈkwɒləti/
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• Australian: /ˈkwɔləti/
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• Australian: [ˈkhwɔɫəɾi]
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• New-Zealand: /ˈkwɒləti/
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• New-Zealand: [ˈkhwɔ̟ɫəɾi]
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• Scotland: /ˈkwɔlɪte/
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• obsolete: /ˈkwælɪti/
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• obsolete: /ˈkwælɪtɪ/
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• CMU ARPABET: K W AA1 L AH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English qualite, from Old French qualité, from Latin quālitās, quālitātem, from quālis (“of what kind”), from Proto-Indo-European *kwo- (“who, how”). Cicero coined qualitas as a calque to translate the Ancient Greek word ποιότης (poiótēs, “quality”), coined by Plato from ποῖος (poîos, “of what nature, of what kind”).

243 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: eienskap — characteristics or the set thereof
• Albanian: cilësi — characteristics or the set thereof
• Albanian: veçanti — characteristics or the set thereof
• Belarusian: я́касць (jákascʹ) — characteristics or the set thereof
• Bulgarian: сво́йство (svójstvo) — characteristics or the set thereof
• Burmese: အရည် (a.rany) — characteristics or the set thereof
• Burmese: ရည် (rany) — characteristics or the set thereof
• Catalan: qualitat — characteristics or the set thereof
• Chinese Mandarin: 性質 /性质 (xìngzhì) — characteristics or the set thereof
• Chinese Mandarin: 水準 /水准 (shuǐzhǔn) — characteristics or the set thereof
• Czech: vlastnost — characteristics or the set thereof
• Dutch: eigenschap — characteristics or the set thereof
• Dutch: hoedanigheid — characteristics or the set thereof
• Dutch: kwaliteit — characteristics or the set thereof
• Esperanto: eco — characteristics or the set thereof
• Finnish: ominaisuus — characteristics or the set thereof
• Finnish: ominaispiirre — characteristics or the set thereof
• French: qualité — characteristics or the set thereof
• Galician: calidade — characteristics or the set thereof
• Georgian: თვისება (tviseba) — characteristics or the set thereof
• German: Qualität — characteristics or the set thereof
• German: Eigenschaft — characteristics or the set thereof
• German: Äigeschaft — characteristics or the set thereof
• Greek: ποιότητα (poiótita) — characteristics or the set thereof
• Ancient Greek: ποιότης (poiótēs) — characteristics or the set thereof
• Hebrew: תְּכוּנָה (tkhuná) — characteristics or the set thereof
• Hebrew: סְגֻלָּה (sgulá) — characteristics or the set thereof
• Hindi: गुण (guṇ) — characteristics or the set thereof
• Hungarian: tulajdonság — characteristics or the set thereof
• Hungarian: sajátság — characteristics or the set thereof
• Interlingua: qualitate — characteristics or the set thereof
• Irish: dúchas — characteristics or the set thereof
• Irish: aitreabúid — characteristics or the set thereof
• Italian: qualità — characteristics or the set thereof
• Japanese: 性質 (seishitsu) — characteristics or the set thereof
• Khmer: គុណភាព (kunaʼphiəp) — characteristics or the set thereof
• Korean: 특질 (teukjil) — characteristics or the set thereof
• Latgalian: kaideiba — characteristics or the set thereof
• Latin: prōprietās — characteristics or the set thereof
• Macedonian: одлика (odlika) — characteristics or the set thereof
• Macedonian: особина (osobina) — characteristics or the set thereof
• Mauritian Creole: kalite — characteristics or the set thereof
• Norman: qualitaï — characteristics or the set thereof
• Occitan: qualitat — characteristics or the set thereof
• Old English: hwelcnes — characteristics or the set thereof
• Iranian Persian: صِفَت (sefat) — characteristics or the set thereof
• Plautdietsch: Ieejenschoft — characteristics or the set thereof
• Polish: cecha — characteristics or the set thereof
• Polish: przymiot — characteristics or the set thereof
• Portuguese: qualidade — characteristics or the set thereof
• Romanian: calitate — characteristics or the set thereof
• Russian: ка́чество (káčestvo) — characteristics or the set thereof
• Russian: сво́йство (svójstvo) — characteristics or the set thereof
• Slovene: kakóvost — characteristics or the set thereof
• Spanish: cualidad — characteristics or the set thereof
• Swedish: kvalitet — characteristics or the set thereof
• Swedish: kvalité — characteristics or the set thereof
• Swedish: egenskap — characteristics or the set thereof
• Tagalog: kalidad — characteristics or the set thereof
• Tajik: сифат (sifat) — characteristics or the set thereof
• Telugu: గుణం (guṇaṁ) — characteristics or the set thereof
• Telugu: లక్షణం (lakṣaṇaṁ) — characteristics or the set thereof
• Turkish: nitelik — characteristics or the set thereof
• Ukrainian: я́кість (jákistʹ) — characteristics or the set thereof
• Urdu: صِفَت (sifat) — characteristics or the set thereof
• Urdu: گُن (gun) — characteristics or the set thereof
• Afrikaans: kwaliteit — level of excellence
• Albanian: cilësi — level of excellence
• Arabic: نَوْعِيَّة (nawʕiyya) — level of excellence
• Arabic: جَوْدَة (jawda) — level of excellence
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܕܵܐܟ݂ܝܼܘܼܬܵܐ (daḳīuta) — level of excellence
• Armenian: որակ (orak) — level of excellence
• Azerbaijani: keyfiyyət — level of excellence
• Azerbaijani: necəlik — level of excellence
• Belarusian: я́касць (jákascʹ) — level of excellence
• Belarusian: я́касьць (jákasʹcʹ) — level of excellence
• Bengali: গুণ (gun) — level of excellence
• Central Bikol: kalidad — level of excellence
• Bulgarian: ка́чество (káčestvo) — level of excellence
• Burmese: အရည်အသွေး (a.rany-a.swe:) — level of excellence
• Burmese: အမျိုးအရိုး (a.myui:a.rui:) — level of excellence
• Catalan: qualitat — level of excellence
• Chinese Mandarin: 質量 /质量 (zhìliàng) — level of excellence
• Chinese Mandarin: 品質 /品质 (pǐnzhì) — level of excellence
• Czech: kvalita — level of excellence
• Czech: jakost — level of excellence
• Danish: kvalitet — level of excellence
• Dutch: kwaliteit — level of excellence
• Esperanto: kvalito — level of excellence
• Estonian: kvaliteet — level of excellence
• Finnish: laatu — level of excellence
• French: qualité — level of excellence
• Galician: calidade — level of excellence
• Georgian: ხარისხი (xarisxi) — level of excellence
• German: Qualität — level of excellence
• Greek: ποιότητα (poiótita) — level of excellence
• Ancient Greek: ποιότης (poiótēs) — level of excellence
• Hebrew: אֵיכוּת (ekhút) — level of excellence
• Hindi: गुण (guṇ) — level of excellence
• Hindi: गुणवत्ता (guṇvattā) — level of excellence
• Hungarian: minőség — level of excellence
• Icelandic: gæði — level of excellence
• Ido: qualeso — level of excellence
• Indonesian: kualitas — level of excellence
• Interlingua: qualitate — level of excellence
• Italian: qualità — level of excellence
• Japanese: 品質 (hinshitsu) — level of excellence
• Japanese: 質 (shitsu) — level of excellence
• Kazakh: сапа (sapa) — level of excellence
• Khmer: គុណភាព (kunaʼphiəp) — level of excellence
• Korean: 질 (jil) — level of excellence
• Korean: 품질 (pumjil) — level of excellence
• Central Kurdish: چۆنیەتی (çonyetî) — level of excellence
• Northern Kurdish: çawanî — level of excellence
• Northern Kurdish: kalîte — level of excellence
• Kyrgyz: сапат (sapat) — level of excellence
• Lao: ຄຸນນະພາບ (khun na phāp) — level of excellence
• Latgalian: kaideiba — level of excellence
• Latin: quālitās — level of excellence
• Latvian: kādība — level of excellence
• Latvian: kvalitāte — level of excellence
• Lithuanian: kokybė — level of excellence
• Macedonian: квалите́т (kvalitét) — level of excellence
• Malagasy: toetra — level of excellence
• Malay: mutu — level of excellence
• Malay: kualiti — level of excellence
• Malay: kualitas — level of excellence
• Malayalam: നിലവാരം (nilavāraṁ) — level of excellence
• Māori: kounga — level of excellence
• Mauritian Creole: kalite — level of excellence
• Mongolian: чанар (čanar) — level of excellence
• Mongolian: ᠴᠢᠨᠠᠷ (činar) — level of excellence
• Neapolitan: qualetà — level of excellence
• Norman: qualitaï — level of excellence
• Norwegian Bokmål: kvalitet — level of excellence
• Occitan: qualitat — level of excellence
• Old English: hwelcnes — level of excellence
• Oromo: waandansaa — level of excellence
• Pashto: نوعيت (naw'yát) — level of excellence
• Iranian Persian: کِیْفِیَت (keyfiyat) — level of excellence
• Iranian Persian: کِیْفِیَّت (keyfiyyat) — level of excellence
• Iranian Persian: کوالیتِه (kuâlite) — level of excellence
• Polish: jakość — level of excellence
• Portuguese: qualidade — level of excellence
• Romanian: calitate — level of excellence
• Russian: ка́чество (káčestvo) — level of excellence
• Russian: у́ровень (úrovenʹ) — level of excellence
• Serbo-Croatian: квалите́та — level of excellence
• Serbo-Croatian: kvalitéta — level of excellence
• Slovak: kvalita — level of excellence
• Slovak: akosť — level of excellence
• Slovene: kakóvost — level of excellence
• Slovene: kakovost — level of excellence
• Spanish: calidad — level of excellence
• Spanish: estofa — level of excellence
• Swedish: kvalitet — level of excellence
• Swedish: kvalité — level of excellence
• Tagalog: kalidad — level of excellence
• Tajik: сифат (sifat) — level of excellence
• Tamil: பண்பு (paṇpu) — level of excellence
• Tatar: сыйфат (sıyfat) — level of excellence
• Telugu: నాణ్యత (nāṇyata) — level of excellence
• Thai: คุณภาพ (kun-ná-pâap) — level of excellence
• Turkish: kalite — level of excellence
• Turkish: nitelik — level of excellence
• Turkmen: hil — level of excellence
• Ukrainian: я́кість (jákistʹ) — level of excellence
• Urdu: مِعْیار (mi'yār) — level of excellence
• Uyghur: سۈپەت (süpet) — level of excellence
• Uzbek: sifat — level of excellence
• Vietnamese: chất lượng — level of excellence
• Yiddish: קוואַליטעט (kvalitet) — level of excellence
• Bulgarian: качествен (kačestven) — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Catalan: de qualitat — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Chinese Mandarin: 優質 /优质 (yōuzhì) — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Chinese Mandarin: 高級 /高级 (gāojí) — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Czech: kvalitní — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Dutch: klasse — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Dutch: hoogwaardig — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Dutch: eersteklas — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Finnish: hyvälaatuinen — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Finnish: laadukas — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Finnish: laatu- — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• French: de qualité — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Galician: de calidade — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• German: Qualitäts- — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• German: hochklassig — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• German: erstklassig — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• German: hochwertig — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Greek: ποιοτικός (poiotikós) — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Greek: καλοφτιαγμένος (kaloftiagménos) — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Hebrew: איכותי (ekhutí) — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Hindi: गुणवत्ता (guṇvattā) — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Hungarian: minőségi — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Indonesian: berkualitas — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Irish: ardchaighdeáin — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Japanese: 高級な (koukyuu na) — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Japanese: 良質な (ryōshitsu na) — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Japanese: 上質な (joushitsu na) — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Macedonian: квалите́тен (kvalitéten) — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Malay: berkualiti — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Malay: bermutu — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Māori: tuawhiti — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Portuguese: de qualidade — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Russian: ка́чественный (káčestvennyj) — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Russian: высокока́чественный (vysokokáčestvennyj) — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Russian: доброка́чественный (dobrokáčestvennyj) — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Russian: первокла́ссный (pervoklássnyj) — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Serbo-Croatian: ква̏лите̄тан — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Serbo-Croatian: kvȁlitētan — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Sikkimese: ཁུངས་དག (khungs dag) — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Spanish: de calidad — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Spanish: polenta — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Swedish: kvalitet — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Tagalog: de-kalidad — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Turkish: kaliteli — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Ukrainian: я́кісний (jákisnyj) — being of good worth (attributive, adjectival)
• Bulgarian: положе́ние (položénie) — archaic: social position
• Chinese Mandarin: 權貴 /权贵 (quánguì) — archaic: social position
• Dutch: klasse — archaic: social position
• Finnish: sääty — archaic: social position
• Galician: clase alta — archaic: social position
• Italian: qualità — archaic: social position
• Japanese: 品 (hin) — archaic: social position
• Latgalian: stāte — archaic: social position
• Malagasy: toetra — archaic: social position
• Portuguese: alta classe — archaic: social position
• Russian: зна́тность (znátnostʹ) — archaic: social position
• Russian: положе́ние (položénije) — archaic: social position
• Swedish: hög rang — archaic: social position
• Swedish: stånd — archaic: social position
• Finnish: laatu — degree to which a man-made object or system is free from bugs and flaws
• Finnish: laadukkuus — degree to which a man-made object or system is free from bugs and flaws
• Galician: calidade — degree to which a man-made object or system is free from bugs and flaws
• Latgalian: kaideiba — degree to which a man-made object or system is free from bugs and flaws
• Latgalian: patycameiba — degree to which a man-made object or system is free from bugs and flaws
• Portuguese: qualidade — degree to which a man-made object or system is free from bugs and flaws
• Russian: надёжность (nadjóžnostʹ) — degree to which a man-made object or system is free from bugs and flaws
• Tagalog: kalidad — degree to which a man-made object or system is free from bugs and flaws
• Tamil: தரம் (taram) — degree to which a man-made object or system is free from bugs and flaws
• Turkish: kaliteli — degree to which a man-made object or system is free from bugs and flaws
• Ukrainian: наді́йність (nadíjnistʹ) — degree to which a man-made object or system is free from bugs and flaws
• Finnish: höyrypitoisuus — ratio of the mass of vapor present to the total mass of a two-phase liquid–vapor mixture