noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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:/ˌjuː.nɪ.vɜːˈsæl.ə.ti/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
General-American:/ˌju.nɪ.vɝˈsæl.ə.ti/
General-American:[ˌju.nɪ.vɝˈsæl.ə.ɾi]
Australian:/ˌjʉː.nɪ.vɜːˈsæl.ə.ti/
Australian:[ˌjʉː.nɪ.vɜːˈsæl.ə.ɾi]
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
the property of being universal, common to all members of a class
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
the quality of being universal; existing everywhere
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: catholicity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: generality
History
Etymology
From Middle English universalite, from Middle French universalité, from Old French, from Late Latin universalitas. By surface analysis, universal + -ity.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Belarusian:
універса́льнасць
(univjersálʹnascʹ)
— the property of being universal
Catalan:
universalitat
— the property of being universal
Chinese Mandarin:
普遍性
(pǔbiànxìng)
— the property of being universal
Czech:
univerzálnost
— the property of being universal
Danish:
universalitet
— the property of being universal
French:
universalité
— the property of being universal
Galician:
universalidade
— the property of being universal
German:
Allgemeingültigkeit
— the property of being universal
German:
Allgemeinheit
— the property of being universal
German:
Universalität
— the property of being universal
German:
Katholizität
— the property of being universal
Greek:
καθολικότητα
(katholikótita)
— the property of being universal
Hungarian:
egyetemesség
— the property of being universal
Ido:
universaleso
— the property of being universal
Italian:
universalità
— the property of being universal
Kazakh:
әмбебаптық
(ämbebaptyq)
— the property of being universal
Malay:
kesejagatan
— the property of being universal
Malay:
keuniversalan
— the property of being universal
Malay:
universalitet
— the property of being universal
Norwegian Bokmål:
universalitet
— the property of being universal
Norwegian Nynorsk:
universalitet
— the property of being universal
Polish:
uniwersalność
— the property of being universal
Russian:
всемирность
(vsemirnostʹ)
— the property of being universal
Russian:
всео́бщность
(vseóbščnostʹ)
— the property of being universal
Russian:
универса́льность
(universálʹnostʹ)
— the property of being universal
Spanish:
universalidad
— the property of being universal
Swedish:
universalitet
— the property of being universal
Ukrainian:
універса́льність
(universálʹnistʹ)
— the property of being universal
