- The quality or state of being peculiar.
- A notable or distinctive feature or characteristic.
- An eccentricity; an idiosyncrasy.
Dictionary:
pe·cu·li·ar·i·ty (pĭ-kyū'lē-ăr'ĭ-tē, -kyūl-yăr'-) ![]() |
| Thesaurus: peculiarity |
noun
| Antonyms: peculiarity |
Definition: characteristic; oddity
Antonyms: normality, usualness
| WordNet: peculiarity |
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 |
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
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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