rareness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English rare

Proto-Germanic *-in-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-inōną

Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-

Proto-Germanic *-atjaną

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Germanic *-þuz

Proto-Germanic *-assuz

Proto-Germanic *-inassuz

Proto-West Germanic *-nassī

Old English -nes

Middle English -nesse

English -ness

English rareness

From rare + -ness.

Noun

rareness (countable and uncountable, plural rarenesses)

1. The property of being rare; rarity

   We discussed the rareness of the coin and decided it was actually pretty common.

   The patron sent back the steak because he objected to its rareness.

Synonyms

• rarity; see also Thesaurus:rareness

Translations

property of being rare

• Czech: vzácnost f
• German: Rarität (de) f
• Greek: σπανιότητα (el) f (spaniótita)
• Hindi: दुर्लभता f (durlabhtā), विरलता f (viraltā)
• Hungarian: ritkaság (hu)
• Irish: annamhacht f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sjeldenhet (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: sjeldanheit f

• Romanian: raritate (ro)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: рије́тко̄ст f

  Latin: rijétkōst (sh) f