speciality

English

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Alternative forms

• specialty (North America)

Etymology

From special +‎ -ity; compare specialise.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌspɛʃiˈælɪti/ X-SAMPA: /%spESi"{lIti:/
• Rhymes: -ælɪti

Noun

speciality (plural specialities)

1. (chiefly UK) That in which one specialises; a chosen expertise or talent.

   They cook well overall, but their true speciality is pasta.

2. An attribute or quality peculiar to a species.

Translations

That in which one specialises

• Arabic: اختصاص (ar) (ixtiṣāṣ) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 專業 (cmn), 专业 (cmn) (zhuānyè), 專長 (cmn), 专长 (cmn) (zhuāncháng) (special skill), 擅長 (cmn), 擅长 (cmn) (shàncháng) (special skill)

• Dutch: specialiteit f, terrein n
• Finnish: erikoisuus (fi)
• French: spécialité (fr) f
• German: Spezialität (de) f
• Hungarian: különlegesség (hu), specialitás (hu)
• Italian: specialità (it) f

• Japanese: 専門 (ja) (せんもん, semmon)
• Korean: 특산물 (ko) (teuksanmul)
• Norwegian: spesialitet
• Polish: specjalność (pl) f
• Portuguese: especialidade f
• Russian: специальность (ru) (speciálʹnostʹ) f, специализация (ru) (specializácija) f
• Spanish: especialidad (es) f
• Swedish: specialitet c, specialité c