quiddité
French, noun/ki.di.te/
quiddité is spelled Q-U-I-D-D-I-T-É (8 letters) and appears about once in every 89 million words in written French, the 294,907th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quiddité is a French feminine noun meaning “quiddity (essence or inherent nature of a person or thing; that which makes something what it is)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce qu’une chose est en elle-même”.
What does quiddité mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininequiddity (essence or inherent nature of a person or thing; that which makes something what it is)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ce qu’une chose est en elle-même. 2. Le support de l’essence, « ce qui fait qu’un être est ce qu’il est », selon les Lettres Philosophiques de Voltaire
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of quiddité
- quiddités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quiddité?
- /ki.di.te/
- \kɥi.di.te\
- [kɥi.di.te]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quiddité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quiddité in French?
quiddité appears about once in every 89 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).