-ity en · X · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- [ɪɾi] (Canada, General-American)
- /ɪti/ (Canada, General-American)
- [əɾi] (Australia, New-Zealand)
- /ɪʈi/ (South-Asia)
- [əɾi] (Canada, General-American)
- /əti/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- [ɾi] (Canada, General-American)
- /əti/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɪti/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- /əti/ (Canada, General-American)
Etymology
From Middle English -ite, -itee, from Old French -ite, -ete, -eteit (“-ity”), from Latin -itātem, from -itās, from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts (suffix). Cognate with Gothic -𐌹𐌸𐌰 (-iþa, “-th”), Old High German -ida (“-th”), Old English -þo, -þu, -þ (“-th”). More at -th. By surface analysis, -i- (“connecting vowel”) + -ty.
Meanings
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(countable, morpheme, uncountable) Used to form an uncountable noun from an adjective; especially, to form the noun referring to the state, property, or quality of conforming to the adjective's description.
precar(ious) + -ity → precarity (“a condition of existence without predictability or security, affecting material or psychological welfare”)
modern + -ity → modernity (“the quality of being modern or contemporary”)
absurd + -ity → absurdity (“the quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment”)
anonym(ous) + -ity → anonymity (“the quality or state of being anonymous”)
-
(countable, morpheme, uncountable) Used to form a countable noun from an adjective, referring to someone or something that conforms to the adjective's description.
odd + -ity → [an] oddity (“an odd or strange thing or opinion; a strange person; an oddball”)
insipid + -ity → [an] insipidity (“something that is insipid; an insipid utterance, sight, object, etc.”)
absurd + -ity → [an] absurdity (“that which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction”)
anonym(ous) + -ity → [an] anonymity (“that which is anonymous”)
- (countable, morpheme, uncountable) Used to form other nouns, especially abstract nouns.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| -ty | alternative | lexicographic | |
| -ities | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| ⠰⠽ | alternative | lexicographic |
Relateds
-ous · -ness · -osity · -itia · -itas · -itude · -icity · -ose · -th · -ship · -ibility · -ia · -ability · -hood
Translations (87)
ba -лөк (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · sv -het (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · et -iteet (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · ms -iti (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · eu -itate (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · nb -itet (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · ms ke--an (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · es -dad (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · ba -лоҡ (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · ro -tate (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · es -idad (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · sl -nost (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · nl -heid (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · tl -idad (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · scn -itati (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · ba -лыҡ (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · ast -dá (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · ta -மை (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · fur -itât (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · ang -þ (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · tr -lik (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · ko 성 (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · fi -uus (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · kmr -ayetî (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · kmr -îtî (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · ia -itate (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · enm -te (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · hu -itás (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · fi -iteetti (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · cmn 性 (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · ast -idá (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · ro -ie (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · mt -ità (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · da -itet (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · pt -dade (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · af -iteit (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · fr -ité (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · pl -ość (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · de -ität (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · ba -лек (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · rup -ãtati (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · es -edad (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · oc -itat (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · ru -ность (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · rup -tati (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · ru -ите́т (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · scn -ità (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · gl -dade (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · ro -ețe (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · it -ità (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · be -ітэ́т (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · ca -itat (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · lv -itāte (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · uk -іте́т (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · ru -ство (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · da -hed (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · enm -ite (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · tr -ite (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · ca -tat (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · fr -té (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · ms -itas (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · fur -tât (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · kmr -tî (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · sw u- (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · ro -ătate (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · tr -luk (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · ja 性 (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · sk -ita (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · nn -itet (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · gl -idade (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · ms -itet (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · yi ־יטעט (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · tr -lük (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · id -itas (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · ang -þu (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · sq -itet (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · hy -ություն (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · ro -itate (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · tr -lık (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · pt -idade (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · sv -itet (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · ro -eață (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · la -itas (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · nl -iteit (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · he ־וּת (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · cs -ita (Used to form nouns from adjectives.) · el -ότητα (Used to form nouns from adjectives.)