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feminine

/ka.li.te/

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Translation

quality; good point, virtue

Word origin

From Latin qualitas, coined by Cicero on qualis ('of what kind') to translate a Greek philosophical term. The everyday sense of how good something is came much later.

Origin
Latin
Root
qualitas
English cognates
quality, qualify, qualitative

Grammar

Genderfeminine
Pluralqualités

Examples

.

This fabric is of very good quality.

.

Patience is her greatest quality.

paie , .

You pay a little more, but the quality is there.

.

He came in his capacity as a witness.

l' ' dégradée cette .

Air quality has got worse this week.

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This word is part of lesson 34.