speciality
pronunciation
How to pronounce speciality in British English:
UK [ˌspeʃiˈæləti]
How to pronounce speciality in American English:
US [ˌspɛʃiˈælɪti]
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- Noun:
- an asset of special worth or utility
- a distinguishing trait
- the special line of work you have adopted as your career
Word Origin
- speciality (n.)
- early 15c., "a special quality or thing;" mid-15c. as "quality of being special," from Old French specialte, especialte "nature, special quality, particularity; special point, distinction," and directly from Latin specialitatem (nominative specialitas) "peculiarity, particularity" from specialis "individual, particular" (see special (adj.)). French form spécialité (especially in reference to restaurant dishes) is recorded in English from 1839.
Example
- 1. His speciality was applying heavy-duty statistical models to new data .
- 2. Eads has made border protection a speciality .
- 3. Machines that make other things are a mittelstand speciality .
- 4. Within a year , though , the gold bear market will have run its course , and mr bernanke 's other academic speciality , depression avoidance , will be called on .
- 5. Moreover , parliament 's powers in military matters is a german speciality : even a mission composed of two envoys in ethiopia must be approved and its mandate renewed annually .