qualitative

English

Etymology

From Late Latin (or Medieval Latin) quālitātīvus. Equivalent to quality +‎ -ative.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɒl.ɪ.tə.tɪv/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɑ.ləˌteɪ.tɪv/, [ˈkwɑ.ləˌteɪ.ɾɪv]

  • Audio (US):

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• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɒl.əˌteɪ.tɪv/, [ˈkwɒl.əˌteɪ.ɾɪv]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɔl.ə.tæɪ.tɪv/, [ˈkwɔl.ə.tæɪ.ɾɪv], /ˈkwɒl.ə.tæɪ.tɪv/, [ˈkwɒl.ə.tæɪ.ɾɪv]
• Hyphenation: qual‧i‧ta‧tive

Adjective

qualitative (comparative more qualitative, superlative most qualitative)

1. Of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity.

   Coordinate term: quantitative

   • 2014 November 12, Theck, “Paladinning in Warlords of Draenor”, in Sacred Duty‎:

     You may recall that I made a qualitative post about our level 100 talents a little more than a month ago. Now let’s look at them qualitatively.

2. (chemistry) Of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound.
3. (Nigeria) high-quality

Derived terms

• locative-qualitative case
• qualitative analysis
• qualitative leap
• qualitatively
• qualitativeness
• qualitative research

Related terms

• quality

Translations

of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity

Afrikaans: kwalitatief Armenian: որակական (hy) (orakakan) Belarusian: я́касны (jákasny) Bulgarian: ка́чествен (bg) (káčestven) Catalan: qualitatiu Chinese: Mandarin: 性質的 / 性质的 (xìngzhì de), 質的 / 质的 (zhì de) Czech: kvalitativní (cs) Danish: kvalitativ (da) Dutch: kwalitatief (nl) Esperanto: kvalita Estonian: kvalitatiivne Finnish: laadullinen (fi) French: qualitatif (fr) Galician: cualitativo m Georgian: კვალიტატიური (ḳvaliṭaṭiuri), ხარისხობრივი (xarisxobrivi), თვისობრივი (tvisobrivi) German: qualitativ (de) Greek: ποιοτικός (el) (poiotikós) Icelandic: eigindlegur Ido: qualesala (io) Italian: qualitativo (it) Lithuanian: kokybinis (lt) Norwegian: Bokmål: kvalitativ Nynorsk: kvalitativ Polish: jakościowy (pl) Portuguese: qualitativo (pt) Romanian: calitativ (ro) m or n Russian: ка́чественный (ru) (káčestvennyj) Spanish: cualitativo (es) Swedish: kvalitativ (sv) Turkish: kalitatif (tr), nitel (tr) Ukrainian: я́кісний (uk) (jákisnyj) Vietnamese: tính chất (vi), chất (vi), phẩm chất (vi)

(chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound

Afrikaans: kwalitatief Bulgarian: качествен (bg) (kačestven) Catalan: qualitatiu Chinese: Mandarin: 定性的 (dìngxìng de) Czech: kvalitativní (cs) Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: kvalitatiivinen (fi) French: qualitatif (fr) German: qualitativ (de) Italian: qualitativo (it) m Norwegian: Bokmål: kvalitativ Nynorsk: kvalitativ Polish: jakościowy (pl) Portuguese: qualitativo (pt) Romanian: calitativ (ro) Russian: ка́чественный (ru) (káčestvennyj) Spanish: cualitativo (es) Swedish: kvalitativ (sv) c, kvalitativt (sv) n Vietnamese: định tính (vi)

Noun

qualitative (plural qualitatives)

1. Something qualitative.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.li.ta.tiv/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Adjective

qualitative

1. feminine singular of qualitatif

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

qualitative

1. inflection of qualitativ:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwa.li.taˈti.ve/
• Rhymes: -ive
• Hyphenation: qua‧li‧ta‧tì‧ve

Adjective

qualitative

1. feminine plural of qualitativo