quiddité
French
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Medieval Latin quidditas.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editquiddité f (plural quiddités)
- (philosophy) quiddity (essence or inherent nature of a person or thing; that which makes something what it is)
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “quiddité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
editEtymology
edit14th century, borrowed from Latin quidditas.
Noun
editquiddité f (plural quidditez)
- quiddity; essence
- 1578, Francesco Giorgio, translated by Guy Le Fèvre de La Boderie, L'harmonie du monde divisé en trois cantiques, page 43:
- en laquelle le propre essentiel, ou la quiddité (comme ils parlent) est dicte du subiect: il faut chercher une autre cause de necessité […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References
edit- Etymology and history of “quiddité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
editNoun
editquiddité oblique singular, f (oblique plural quidditez, nominative singular quiddité, nominative plural quidditez)
References
edit- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (quiddité, supplement)
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