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Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin n?s. Compare Romanian noi.

Pronoun

noi

1. (first-person plural pronoun, nominative) we

Related terms

• noauã
• nã

Pronoun

noi

1. (long/stressed accusative form) us

See also

• io/iou, mini
• tu, tini
• el/elu, nãs
• voi
• nãsh, elj

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin niger.

Adjective

noi (feminine noire, masculine plural nois, feminine plural noires)

1. black

Derived terms

• noiri

Catalan

Alternative forms

• noy (obsolete)

Etymology

Unknown. Proposals include:

1. Vulgar Latin *novius (“newly wed”).
2. Vulgar Latin *novinus, a diminutive of novus (“new”).
3. From a diminutive of nin (a variant form of nen), i.e. nin > ninoi > noi.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?n?j/

Noun

noi m (plural nois, feminine noia)

1. boy, young man

   Synonyms: xic, al·lot, pallago

Further reading

• “noi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “noi” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “noi” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “noi” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Corsican

Alternative forms

• noscu, no

Etymology

From Latin nos, from Proto-Italic *n?s. Cognates include Italian noi and Romanian noi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?j/

Pronoun

noi

1. we
2. us (disjunctive)

See also

References

• “noi, noscu, no” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin n?s. Compare Italian noi, French nous and Spanish nos.

Pronoun

noi

1. (first-person plural pronoun, oblique case) us

Related terms

• nu
• nojiltri

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?noi?/, [?no?i?]
• Rhymes: -oi
• Syllabification: noi

Pronoun

noi

1. (colloquial) nominative plural of toi

Synonyms

• nuo (standard)

Anagrams

• -oin, oin

Hawaiian

Noun

noi

1. request

Verb

noi

1. (transitive) to ask for, request

Italian

Etymology

From Latin n?s, from Proto-Italic *n?s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?noj/
• Rhymes: -oi

Pronoun

noi (first person plural)

1. we; us

Related terms

• noialtri

See also

Manx

Preposition

noi

1. counter, averse, against, versus, cross, opposed

Derived terms

• noi-

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuj/

Pronoun

noi

1. we; us

Related terms

• nojàutri

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /noj/
• Rhymes: -oj

Etymology 1

From Latin n?s, from Proto-Italic *n?s.

Pronoun

noi (first-person plural)

1. (nominative form) we

Declension

Pronoun

noi (stressed accusative form of noi)

1. (direct object, preceded by preposition, such as "pe", "cu", "la", or "pentru") us

See also

Etymology 2

Forms of the adjective nou

Adjective

noi

1. masculine/feminine/neuter plural nominative/accusative of nou (“new”)

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin novem. Compare Italian nove.

Numeral

noi

1. (Campidanese) nine

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [n?j??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [n?j??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [n?j??]

Verb

noi • (????, ????, ????, ????, ????)

1. (usually with theo) to follow; to look in respect

Derived terms

Western Apache

Alternative forms

• non

Etymology

Cognates: Navajo noo?, Chiricahua non, Mescalero non, Plains Apache n??.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nòj/

Noun

noi

1. something stored away, cache

Zou

Noun

noi

1. breast

References

• http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf

English

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Old French qualité, from Latin qu?lit?tem, accusative of qu?lit?s, from qu?lis (“of what kind”), from Proto-Indo-European *k?o- (“who, how”). Cicero coined qualitas as a calque to translate the Ancient Greek word ??????? (poiót?s, “quality”), coined by Plato from ????? (poîos, “of what nature, of what kind”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kw?l?ti/
• (UK, obsolete) IPA^(key): /?kwæl?ti/, /?kwæl?t?/
• (US, father-bother merger, weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /?kw?l?ti/, [?k?w????i]

Noun

quality (countable and uncountable, plural qualities)

1. (uncountable) Level of excellence.
   • 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     He called for China’s cooperation in efforts to improve air quality.

2. (countable) A property or an attribute that differentiates a thing or person.
3. (archaic) High social position. (See also the quality.)

4. (uncountable) The degree to which a man-made object or system is free from bugs and flaws, as opposed to scope of functions or quantity of items.
5. (thermodynamics) In a two-phase liquid–vapor mixture, the ratio of the mass of vapor present to the total mass of the mixture.
6. (emergency medicine, countable) The third step in OPQRST where the responder investigates what the NOI/MOI feels like.

7. (countable, Britain, journalism) A newspaper with relatively serious, high-quality content.
   • 1998, Bill Coxall, Lynton Robins, Robert Leach, Contemporary British Politics (page 164)

     It is argued that in the last ten years or so, quality broadsheet newspapers have become more like the tabloids. Anthony Sampson has argued that 'the frontier between the qualities and popular papers has virtually disappeared'.

Usage notes

• Adjectives often applied to "quality": high, good, excellent, exceptional, great, outstanding, satisfactory, acceptable, sufficient, adequate, poor, low, bad, inferior, dubious, environmental, visual, optical, industrial, total, artistic, educational, physical, musical, chemical, spiritual, intellectual, architectural, mechanical.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:characteristic

Hyponyms

• human quality
• industrial quality

Coordinate terms

• (a property that differentiates): quiddity

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Adjective

quality (comparative more quality, superlative most quality)

1. Being of good worth, well made, fit for purpose.

Derived terms

• qualityness

Related terms

• qualia
• qualitative

Translations

References

• Quality (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• quality in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• quality in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• quality at OneLook Dictionary Search