equality

English

Alternative forms

• æquality (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French equalité (modern French égalité), from Latin aequālitās, aequālitātem.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĭʹkwŏl-ĭ-tē IPA^(key): /ɪˈkwɑl.ɪ.ti/
• IPA^(key): /ɪˈkwɒl.ɪ.ti/

Noun

equality (usually uncountable, plural equalities)

1. The fact of being equal.
2. (mathematics) The fact of being equal, of having the same value.
3. 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, nonequivilence
• (equal treatment of people): discrimination, inequality

Translations

fact of being equal

• Arabic: مُسَاوَاة f (musāwāh)

  Gulf Arabic: مساواة (mʊsawat, mʊsawa)

• Armenian: հավասարություն (hy) (havasarutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: bərabərlik
• Belarusian: ро́ўнасць f (róŭnascʹ)
• Bulgarian: ра́венство (bg) n (rávenstvo), еднаквост (bg) f (ednakvost)
• Catalan: igualtat (ca) f
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: rovnocennost f, rovnost (cs) f
• Danish: lighed (da) c
• Dutch: gelijkheid (nl) f
• Esperanto: egaleco
• Finnish: yhdenvertaisuus (fi), samanvertaisuus
• French: égalité (fr) f
• Galician: igualdade (gl) f
• Georgian: თანასწორობა (tanasc̣oroba)
• German: Gleichheit (de) f
• Greek: ισότητα (el) f (isótita)

  Ancient: ἰσότης f (isótēs)

• Hebrew: שוויון m (shivyón)
• Hindi: समानता (hi) f (samāntā)
• Hungarian: egyenlőség (hu)
• Ido: egaleso (io)
• Irish: comhionannas m, ionannas m
• Italian: parità (it) f, uguaglianza (it) f, eguaglianza f
• Japanese: 平等 (ja) (びょうどう, byōdō), 均等 (きんとう, kintō)
• Korean: 평등 (ko) (pyeongdeung), 균등 (ko) (gyundeung)
• Latin: aequitās f
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• Latvian: vienlīdzība f
• Lithuanian: lygybė f
• Macedonian: еднаквост f (ednakvost)
• Maori: ōritetanga
• Neapolitan: eguaglianza f
• Norman: êgalité f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: likhet (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: likskap m

• Old English: efenlīcnes f
• Persian: برابری (fa) (barâbari)
• Polish: równość (pl) f
• Portuguese: igualdade (pt) f
• Romanian: egalitate (ro)
• Russian: ра́венство (ru) n (rávenstvo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: једнакост f

  Roman: jednakost (sh) f

• Slovak: rovnosť f
• Slovene: enakost f
• Spanish: igualdad (es) f
• Tajik: баробарӣ (barobarī)
• Turkish: eşitlik (tr)
• Ukrainian: рі́вність f (rívnistʹ)
• Uzbek: tenglik (uz), baravarlik (uz)
• Welsh: cydraddoldeb f

mathematics: fact of having the same value

• Armenian: հավասարություն (hy) (havasarutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: bərabərlik
• Bulgarian: ра́венство (bg) n (rávenstvo)
• Dutch: gelijkheid (nl) f
• Finnish: yhtäsuuruus (fi)
• French: égalité (fr) f
• Galician: igualdade (gl) f
• German: Gleichheit (de) f
• Greek: ισότητα (el) f (isótita)

  Ancient: ἰσότης f (isótēs)

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• Hungarian: egyenlőség (hu)
• Macedonian: равенство n (ravenstvo)
• Old English: efenlīcnes f
• Portuguese: igualdade (pt) f
• Russian: ра́венство (ru) n (rávenstvo)
• Spanish: paridad (es) f, igualdad (es) f
• Swahili: usawa (sw)
• Swedish: likhet (sv) c

equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences

• Albanian: barazi (sq) f
• Arabic: مُسَاوَاة f (musāwāh)
• Armenian: հավասարություն (hy) (havasarutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: bərabərlik
• Belarusian: ро́ўнасць f (róŭnascʹ), раўнапра́ўе n (raŭnapráŭje), раўнапра́ўнасць f (raŭnapráŭnascʹ)
• Bulgarian: равнопра́вие (bg) n (ravnoprávie)
• Catalan: igualtat (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 平等 (zh) (píngděng)

• Czech: rovnost (cs) f
• Danish: lighed (da) c
• Dutch: gelijkberechtiging f
• Estonian: võrdsus, samaväärsus
• Finnish: tasa-arvo (fi), tasa-arvoisuus (fi)
• French: égalité (fr) f
• Galician: igualdade (gl) f
• Georgian: თანასწორობა (tanasc̣oroba)
• German: Gleichberechtigung (de) f
• Hindi: समानता (hi) f (samāntā)
• Hungarian: egyenlőség (hu)
• Icelandic: jafnrétti (is) n
• Irish: comhionannas m
• Italian: egualità f, ugualità f, uguaglianza (it) f, eguaglianza
• Japanese: 平等 (ja) (びょうどう, byōdō)
• Kazakh: теңдік (teñdık)
• Korean: 평등 (ko) (pyeongdeung) (平等 (ko))
• Kyrgyz: теңдик (ky) (teŋdik)
• Latvian: vienlīdzība f
• Lithuanian: lygybė f
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• Macedonian: рамнопра́вност f (ramnoprávnost)
• Malay: kesetaraan, kesamaan
• Maori: mana taurite
• Ngazidja Comorian: usawa class 11
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: likestilling m or f

  Nynorsk: likestilling f

• Old English: efenlīcnes f
• Persian: برابری (fa) (barâbari)
• Polish: równość (pl) f
• Portuguese: equidade (pt) f, igualdade (pt) f
• Romanian: egalitate (ro) f
• Russian: равнопра́вие (ru) n (ravnoprávije), ра́венство (ru) n (rávenstvo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: равноправност f, једнакост f

  Roman: ravnopravnost (sh) f, jednakost (sh) f

• Slovak: rovnosť f
• Slovene: enakopravnost f, enakost f
• Spanish: igualdad (es) f, paridad (es) f
• Swahili: usawa (sw)
• Swedish: likabehandling c, jämlikhet (sv) c, jämställdhet (sv) c
• Tajik: баробарӣ (barobarī)
• Turkish: eşitlik (tr)
• Turkmen: deňlik
• Ukrainian: рі́вність f (rívnistʹ), рівнопра́вність f (rivnoprávnistʹ) (equal rights), рівнопра́в'я n (rivnoprávʺja)
• Uzbek: tenglik (uz)
• Vietnamese: sự bình đẳng (vi)
• Welsh: cydraddoldeb f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} uguaglianza (it) f
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• Swedish: jämlikhet (sv)

Further reading

• "equality" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 117.