ποιότητα

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ποιότητᾰ • (poiótēta) f

  1. accusative singular of ποιότης (poiótēs)

Greek

Etymology

Learnedly, from Ancient Greek ποιότης (poiótēs), from the accusative singular "τὴν (tḕn) ποιότητα (poiótēta)", from ποιός (poiós), from ποῖος (poîos, of what kind?) & semantic loan from French qualité.[1] Equivalent to ποι(ός) (poi(ós)) + -ότητα (-ótita, -ity, -ness).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piˈo.ti.ta/
  • Hyphenation: ποι‧ό‧τη‧τα

Noun

ποιότητα • (poiótita) f (plural ποιότητες)

  1. quality, attribute (differentiating property)
    κακής ποιότηταςkakís poiótitasshoddy, of poor quality

Declension

References

  1. ποιότητα - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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