comparison

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• (US) IPA: /kʌmˈpæɹɪsən/, /kʌmˈpɛɹɪsən/

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Etymology

From Old French comparison, from Latin comparātiō, from comparātus, perfect passive participle of comparō.

Noun

comparison (plural comparisons)

1. The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared
2. An evaluation of the similarities and differences of one or more things relative to some other or each-other

   He made a careful comparison of the available products before buying anything.

3. With a negation, the state of being similar or alike

   There really is no comparison between the performance of today's computers and those of a decade ago.

4. (grammar) The ability of adjectives and adverbs to form three degrees.

Related terms

• comparable
• comparative
• comparator
• compare

Translations

act of comparing or the state of being compared

• Arabic: مقارنة (ar) (muqqaarana) f, مقابلة (ar) (muqqaabala) f
• Azeri: müqayisə (az)
• Bulgarian: сравнение (bg) (sravnenie) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 比較 (cmn), 比较 (cmn) (bǐjiào, bǐjiǎo)

• Czech: porovnání (cs) n
• Dutch: vergelijking (nl) f
• Finnish: vertailu (fi)
• French: comparaison (fr) f
• German: Vergleich (de) m, Komparation (de) f
• Hebrew: השוואה (he) (hashva'á) f
• Hungarian: összehasonlítás (hu)
• Indonesian: perbandingan (id)
• Italian: comparazione (it)
• Japanese: 比較 (ja) (ひかく, hikaku)
• Jèrriais: compathaison f
• Korean: 비교 (ko) (bigyo) (比較 (ko))

• Latvian: salīdzināšana (lv) f, salīdzinājums (lv) m
• Lithuanian: lyginimas (lt) m
• Macedonian: споредба (mk) (spóredba) f
• Norwegian: sammenligning (no)
• Polish: porównanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: comparação (pt) f
• Russian: сравнение (ru) (sravnénije) n (state); сравнивание (ru) (srávnivanije) n (process)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: поређење (sh) n, успоредба (sh) f

  Roman: poređenje (sh) n, usporedba (sh) f

• Slovene: primerjava (sl) f
• Spanish: comparación (es) f
• Swedish: jämförelse (sv) c
• Turkish: karşılaştırma (tr), mukayese (tr)
• Ukrainian: порівняння (uk) (porivnyannya) n
• Walloon: rimetaedje (wa)

evaluation of the similarities and differences of two (or more) things

• Bulgarian: сравнение (bg) (sravnenie) n
• Czech: porovnání (cs) n
• Dutch: vergelijking (nl) f
• Finnish: vertailu (fi)
• French: comparaison (fr) f
• German: Vergleich (de) m, Abgleich (de) m, Gegenüberstellung (de) f
• Hebrew: השוואה (he) (hashva'á)
• Hungarian: összehasonlítás (hu)
• Irish: comparáid (ga) f
• Jèrriais: compathaison f
• Lithuanian: palyginimas (lt) m

• Macedonian: споредба (mk) (spóredba) f
• Navajo: ałhąąh sinil
• Polish: porównanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: comparação (pt) f
• Russian: сравнение (ru) (sravnénije) n
• Serbo-Croatian: usporedba (sh), поређење (sh), успоредба (sh)
• Slovene: primerjava (sl) f
• Spanish: comparación (es) f
• Swedish: jämförelse (sv) c
• Ukrainian: порівняння (uk) (porivnyannya) n

state of being similar or alike

• Bulgarian: сходство (bg) (shodstvo) n
• Dutch: gelijkenis (nl)
• Finnish: samanlaisuus (fi), samankaltaisuus (fi)
• French: comparaison (fr) f
• German: Abgleich (de) m, Vergleichbarkeit (de) f
• Hebrew: השוואה (he) (hashva'á) f
• Hungarian: hasonlóság (hu)

• Jèrriais: compathaison f
• Macedonian: сличност (mk) (slíčnost) f
• Polish: porównanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: comparação (pt) f
• Russian: сравнение (ru) (sravnénije) n
• Spanish: comparación (es) f (rethoric)
• Swedish: likhet (sv) c

ability of adjectives and adverbs to form three degrees

• Czech: stupňování (cs) n
• Finnish: komparaatio (fi)
• French: degrés de comparaison (degrees of comparison)
• Hungarian: fokozás (hu)
• Irish: comparáid (ga) f

• Polish: stopniowanie (pl) n
• Russian: степени сравнения (stépeni sravnénija) (degrees of comparison)
• Swedish: komparation (sv) c
• Ukrainian: ступені порівняння (uk) (stupeni porivnyannya)

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Translations to be checked

• Hebrew: השוואה (he) (hashvaa)
• Indonesian: perbandingan (id)
• Interlingua: comparation (ia)

• Kurdish: به‌راورد (ku)
• Persian: همسنجی (fa) (Hamsanji)
• Telugu: పోలిక (te) (polika)

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Old French

Noun

comparison f (oblique plural comparisons, nominative singular comparison, nominative plural comparisons)

1. comparison (instance of comparing two or more things)

Descendants

• English: comparison (borrowed)
• French: comparaison
• Jèrriais: compathaison