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peculiarity

 
Dictionary: pe·cu·li·ar·i·ty   (pĭ-kyū'lē-ăr'ĭ-tē, -kyūl-yăr'-) pronunciation
n., pl., -ties.
  1. The quality or state of being peculiar.
  2. A notable or distinctive feature or characteristic.
  3. An eccentricity; an idiosyncrasy.

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Antonyms: peculiarity
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n

Definition: characteristic; oddity
Antonyms: normality, usualness


WordNet: peculiarity
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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: an odd or unusual characteristic
  Synonym: distinctive feature

Meaning #2: a distinguishing trait
  Synonyms: specialness, specialty, speciality, distinctiveness

Meaning #3: something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
  Synonyms: curio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, rarity


Translations: Peculiarity
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - særegenhed, ejendommelighed, besynderlighed

Nederlands (Dutch)
eigenaardigheid, eigenschap

Français (French)
n. - particularité, bizarrerie

Deutsch (German)
n. - Eigentümlichkeit, Besonderheit, Eigenartigkeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ιδιομορφία, ιδιαίτερο χαρακτηριστικό γνώρισμα, ιδιορρυθμία, παραξενιά, εκκεντρικότητα

Italiano (Italian)
peculiarità, particolarità, stramberia, stranezza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - peculiaridade (f), detalhe (m), excentricidade (f)

Русский (Russian)
особенность, странность

Español (Spanish)
n. - peculiaridad, rasgo característico, singularidad, rareza

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - egenhet, egendomlighet, säregenhet

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
特质, 怪癖, 特性

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 特質, 怪癖, 特性

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 특색, 독자성, 기벽

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 特色, 特異性, 特殊性, 風変わりな点

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خاصيه, صفه مميزة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מוזרות, תכונה אופיינית, דבר משונה‬


 
 
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