equality

English

Alternative forms

• æquality (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin aequālitās.

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: ĭʹkwŏl-ĭ-tē IPA: /ɪˈkwɒl.ɪ.ti/ X-SAMPA: /I"kwAl.I.ti/

Noun

equality (countable and uncountable; plural equalities)

1. (uncountable) The fact of being equal.
2. (uncountable) (mathematics) The fact of being equal, of having the same value.
3. (uncountable) The equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences.

Synonyms

• (fact of being equal): equivalence parity,

Antonyms

• (fact of being equal): difference, inequality
• (equal treatment of people): discrimination, inequality nonequivilence

Translations

fact of being equal

• Arabic: مساواة (ar) (musaawaa) f
• Azeri: bərabərlik
• Bulgarian: равенство (bg) (ravenstvo) n, еднаквост (bg) (ednakvost) f
• Catalan: igualtat (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 平等 (cmn) (píngděng), 均等 (cmn) (jūnděng)

• Czech: rovnocennost (cs) f, rovnost (cs) f
• Danish: lighed (da) c
• Dutch: gelijkheid (nl) f
• Esperanto: egaleco (eo)
• Finnish: yhdenvertaisuus, samanvertaisuus
• French: égalité (fr) f
• German: Gleichheit (de) f

• Hungarian: egyenlőség (hu)
• Ido: egaleso (io)
• Japanese: 平等 (ja) (びょうどう, byōdō), 均等 (ja) (きんとう, kintō)
• Latin: aequitas (la) f
• Macedonian: еднаквост (mk) (édnakvost) f
• Neapolitan: eguaglianza f
• Norwegian: likhet (no)
• Polish: równość (pl) f
• Portuguese: igualdade (pt) f
• Romanian: egalitate (ro)
• Russian: равенство (ru) (rávenstvo) n
• Serbo-Croatian: ravnopravnost (sh) (равноправност) f
• Spanish: equidad f
• Welsh: cydraddoldeb (cy) f

mathematics: fact of having the same value

• Azeri: bərabərlik
• Bulgarian: равенство (bg) (ravenstvo) n
• Dutch: gelijkheid (nl) f
• Finnish: yhtäsuuruus
• French: égalité (fr) f
• German: Gleichheit (de) f
• Hungarian: egyenlőség (hu)

• Macedonian: равенство (mk) (rávenstvo) n
• Portuguese: igualdade (pt) f
• Russian: равенство (ru) (rávenstvo) n
• Spanish: paridad (es) f
• Swahili: usawa (sw)
• Swedish: likhet (sv) c

equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences

• Azeri: bərabərlik
• Bulgarian: равноправие (bg) (ravnopravie) n
• Catalan: igualtat (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 平等 (cmn) (píngděng)

• Danish: lighed (da) c
• Dutch: gelijkberechtiging
• Finnish: tasa-arvo, tasa-arvoisuus
• French: égalité (fr) f
• German: Gleichberechtigung (de) f
• Hungarian: egyenlőség (hu)

• Italian: egualità (it) f, ugualità (it) f, uguaglianza (it) f
• Japanese: 平等 (ja) (びょうどう, byōdō)
• Korean: 평등 (ko) (pyeongdeung) (平等 (ko))
• Macedonian: рамноправност (mk) (ramnoprávnost) f
• Portuguese: eqüidade f, igualdade f
• Russian: равноправие (ru) (ravnoprávije) n, равенство (ru) (rávenstvo) n
• Spanish: igualdad (es) f, equidad (es) f
• Swahili: usawa (sw)
• Swedish: likabehandling c, jämlikhet (sv) c, jämställdhet (sv) c
• Vietnamese: sự bình đẳng (vi)
• Welsh: cydraddoldeb (cy) f

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: uguaglianza (it) f

• Swedish: jämlikhet