noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The state or quality of being unique or one of a kind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: distinctiveness, unicity, uniquity
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
the quality of being one of a kind
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
that singularity distinguished him from all his companions
Etymology tree English unique Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English uniqueness From unique + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Czech:
jedinečnost
— state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Finnish:
ainutlaatuisuus
— state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Finnish:
ainutkertaisuus
— state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
French:
unicité
— state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Galician:
unicidade
— state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
German:
Einmaligkeit
— state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
German:
Einzigkeit
— state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
German:
Eindeutigkeit
— state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
German:
Eigenart
— state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Ancient Greek:
μονογένεια
(monogéneia)
— state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Hindi:
अनोखापन
(anokhāpan)
— state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Italian:
unicità
— state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Japanese:
一意性
(ichiisei)
— state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Japanese:
唯一性
(yuiitsusei)
— state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Japanese:
独自性
(dokujisei)
— state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Latin:
ūnicitās
— state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Malay:
keunikan
— state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Marathi:
वेगळेपण
(vegḷepaṇ)
— state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Marathi:
वेगळेपणा
(vegḷepṇā)
— state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Occitan:
unicitat
— state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Occitan:
singularitat
— state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Portuguese:
unicidade
— state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Romanian:
unicitate
— state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Romanian:
singularitate
— state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Russian:
еди́нственность
(jedínstvennostʹ)
— state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Russian:
уника́льность
(unikálʹnostʹ)
— state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Russian:
однозна́чность
(odnoznáčnostʹ)
— state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Spanish:
peculiaridad
— state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Spanish:
singularidad
— state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Spanish:
unicidad
— state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Swedish:
unicitet
— state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Swedish:
unikhet
— state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Swedish:
egenart
— state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Turkish:
benzersizlik
— state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Turkish:
biriciklik
— state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Turkish:
emsalsizlik
— state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Turkish:
eşsizlik
— state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Ukrainian:
уніка́льність
(unikálʹnistʹ)
— state or quality of being unique or one of a kind
Welsh:
unigrywiaeth
— state or quality of being unique or one of a kind