quantity

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quantity

Etymology

From Middle English quantite, from Old French quantité, from Latin quantitās (“quantity”), from quantus (“how much”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɒn.tɪ.ti/
- Audio (UK): (file)
(General American) enPR: kwŏnʹ(t)ĭtē, IPA^(key): /ˈkwɑn(t)ɪti/, [ˈkʰwɑn(ɾ)ɨɾi], [ˈkʰwɑn(tʰ)ɨtʰi]
- Audio (US): (file)
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  Note: This is with a relaxed middle T, and is only used in colloquial contexts by many speakers.
(Canada) IPA^(key): [ˈkwɑnɾəɾi]
- Audio (Canada): (file)
(obsolete) IPA^(key): /ˈkwæn.tɪ.ti/, /ˈkwæn.tɪ.tɪ/

Noun

quantity (countable and uncountable, plural quantities) (abbreviated qty)

A fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating the value of a collection or group of items.
You have to choose between quantity and quality.
An indefinite amount of something.
Some soap making oils are best as base oils, used in a larger quantity in the soap, while other oils are best added in a small quantity.

Olive oil can be used practically in any quantity.
A specific measured amount.
This bag would normally cost $497.50 for a quantity of 250, at a price of $1.99 per piece.

Generally it should not be used in a quantity larger than 15 percent.
A considerable measure or amount.
The Boeing P-26A was the first all-metal monoplane fighter produced in quantity for the U.S. Army Air Corps.
(metrology) Property of a phenomenon, body, or substance, where the property has a magnitude that can be expressed as number and a reference.
(mathematics) Indicates that the entire preceding expression is henceforth considered a single object.
x plus y quantity squared equals x squared plus 2xy plus y squared.
- 2006, Jerome E. Kaufmann, Karen Schwitters, Elementary and Intermediate Algebra: A Combined Approach, page 89:
  For problems 58-67, translate each word phrase into an algebraic expression. […] 65. x plus 9, the quantity squared
- 2005, R. Mark Sirkin, Statistics For The Social Sciences, page 137:
  The second, $(\sum x)^{2}$ , read "summation of x, quantity squared," tells us to first add up all the xs to get $\sum x$ and then square $\sum x$ to get $(\sum x)^{2}$ .
- 1985, Serge Lang, Math!: Encounters with High School Students, page 54:
  ANN. $ra$ quantity cubed.
  SERGE LANG. That's right, $(ra)^{3}$ .
(phonology) Length of sounds.

Usage notes

In mathematics, used to unambiguously orate mathematical equations; it is extremely rare in print, since there is no need for it there.

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Translations

fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement

Albanian: sasi (sq) f
Arabic: كَمِّيَّة f (kammiyya), مِقْدَار (ar) m (miqdār), قدر (ar) (qadr)
Armenian: քանակ (hy) (kʻanak)
Asturian: cantidá f
Avar: къадар (qxʼadar)
Azerbaijani: kəmiyyət (az), miqdar (az)
Bashkir: һан (han), миҡдар (miqdar)
Basque: kantitatea
Belarusian: ко́лькасць (be) f (kólʹkascʹ)
Bengali: পরিমাণ (bn) (poriman)
Bulgarian: коли́чество (bg) n (kolíčestvo)
Burmese: အရေအတွက် (my) (a.rea.twak)
Catalan: quantitat (ca) f
Chinese:
Hokkien: 數量／数量 (zh-min-nan) (sò͘-liōng)

Mandarin: 數量／数量 (zh) (shùliàng), 量 (zh) (liàng), 數字／数字 (zh) (shùzì), 數目／数目 (zh) (shùmù), 分量 (zh) (fènliàng)
Czech: množství (cs) n
Danish: kvantitet (da) c
Dutch: hoeveelheid (nl) f, (mainly used in opposition to 'kwaliteit') kwantiteit (nl) f
Estonian: kogus, kvantiteet
Finnish: määrä (fi)
French: quantité (fr) f
Galician: cantidade (gl) f
Georgian: რაოდენობა (raodenoba), ოდენობა (odenoba)
German: Quantität (de) f, Menge (de) f
Greek: ποσότητα (el) f (posótita)
Ancient: ποσότης f (posótēs)
Hebrew: כַּמוּת (he) f (kamút)
Hindi: मात्रा (hi) f (mātrā), परिमाण (hi) m (parimāṇ)
Hungarian: mennyiség (hu)
Icelandic: magn (is) n
Ido: quanteso (io)
Indonesian: kuantitas (id), jumlah (id)
Interlingua: quantitate
Irish: cainníocht f
Italian: grandezza (it) f, quantità (it) f
Japanese: 量 (ja) (りょう, ryō), 数量 (ja) (すうりょう, sūryō), 分量 (ja) (ぶんりょう, bunryō)
Kazakh: сан (san)
Khmer: ចំនួន (km) (cɑmnuən)
Korean: 양(量) (ko) (yang), 량(量) (ko) (ryang) (North Korea), 수량(數量) (ko) (suryang), 분량(分量) (ko) (bullyang)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: چەندیەتی (çendyetî)
Kyrgyz: сан (ky) (san)
Lao: ປະລິມານ (lo) (pa li mān), ຈຳນວນ (cham nūan)
Latin: quantitās f
Latvian: daudzums m
Lithuanian: kiekis (lt) m
Macedonian: коли́чина f (kolíčina), коли́чество n (kolíčestvo), квантите́т m (kvantitét)
Malay: kuantiti, jumlah
Malayalam: അളവ് (ml) (aḷavŭ)
Maori: rahinga
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: тоо хэмжээ (too xemžee)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kvantitet (no) m
Persian: کمیت (fa) (kammiyat), مقدار (fa) (meqdâr)
Polish: ilość (pl) f, wielkość (pl) f
Portuguese: quantidade (pt) f
Romanian: cantitate (ro) f
Russian: коли́чество (ru) n (kolíčestvo)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: количѝна f, квантите́та f

Roman: količìna (sh) f, kvantitéta (sh) f
Slovak: množstvo n
Slovene: količina (sl) f, kvantiteta f
Spanish: cantidad (es) f, cuantía (es) f
Swedish: kvantitet (sv) c
Tajik: шумора (tg) (šumora), миқдор (miqdor)
Tatar: сан (tt) (san)
Telugu: పరిమాణము (te) (parimāṇamu)
Thai: ปริมาณ (th) (bpà-rí-maan), จำนวน (th) (jam-nuuan)
Turkish: miktar (tr)
Turkmen: san (tk), mukdar (tk)
Ukrainian: кі́лькість (uk) f (kílʹkistʹ)
Urdu: مقدار m (miqdār)
Uyghur: سان (san), مىقدار (miqdar)
Uzbek: son (uz), miqdor (uz)
Vietnamese: lượng (vi), số lượng (vi)
Walloon: cwantité (wa) f
Zazaki: miktar n

indefinite amount of something

Bulgarian: коли́чество (bg) n (kolíčestvo)
Catalan: quantitat (ca) f
Dutch: hoeveelheid (nl) f
Ewe: gbɔsɔsɔ
Finnish: määrä (fi)
French: quantité (fr) f
Georgian: რაოდენობა (raodenoba)
German: Quantität (de) f
Greek: ποσότητα (el) f (posótita)
Ancient: ποσότης f (posótēs)
Hebrew: כַּמוּת (he) f (kamút)
Ido: quanto (io)
Irish: cainníocht f
Italian: numero (it) m
Latvian: daudzums m
Macedonian: коли́чество n (kolíčestvo)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: mengde (no) m

Nynorsk: mengd f
Polish: ilość (pl) f
Portuguese: quantidade (pt) f
Romanian: cantitate (ro) f
Russian: коли́чество (ru) n (kolíčestvo)
Serbo-Croatian: količina (sh) f
Slovene: količina (sl) f
Spanish: cantidad (es) f, cuantía (es)
Swedish: kvantitet (sv) c, mängd (sv) c
Waray-Waray: kantidad, kadamo
Zazaki: çend (diq), çend (diq) c
ǃXóõ: ǃɢa̰n-ǃɢa̰n (of objects), dzâa (of people)

specific measured amount

Bulgarian: коли́чество (bg) n (kolíčestvo)
Catalan: quantitat (ca) f
Dutch: hoeveelheid (nl) f
Estonian: hulk (et)
Ewe: gbɔsɔsɔ
Finnish: määrä (fi)
Georgian: რაოდენობა (raodenoba)
Greek: ποσότητα (el) f (posótita)
Hebrew: כַּמוּת (he) f (kamút)
Irish: cainníocht f
Latvian: daudzums m
Macedonian: коли́чина f (kolíčina)
Malayalam: അളവ് (ml) (aḷavŭ)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: mengde (no) m, antall (no) n

Nynorsk: mengd f, tal n
Polish: ilość (pl) f
Portuguese: quantidade (pt) f
Russian: коли́чество (ru) n (kolíčestvo)
Slovene: količina (sl) f
Spanish: cantidad (es) f, cuantía (es) f
Swedish: mängd (sv) c (uncountable), antal (sv) n (countable)
Zazaki: hend (diq) c or impf
ǃXóõ: ʻǁnàhã

considerable measure or amount

Catalan: quantitat (ca) f
Ewe: gbɔsɔsɔ
Finnish: merkittävä määrä, paljous (fi)
Georgian: რაოდენობა (raodenoba)
German: Menge (de) f
Hebrew: כַּמוּת (he) f (kamút)
Latvian: daudzums m
Macedonian: коли́чество n (kolíčestvo), коли́чина f (kolíčina)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: mengde (no) m, antall (no) n

Nynorsk: mengd f, tal n
Polish: duża ilość (pl)
Portuguese: quantidade (pt) f
Romanian: mulțime (ro) f, mare cantitate f
Russian: коли́чество (ru) n (kolíčestvo)
Spanish: cantidad (es) f, cuantía (es) f

word used to indicate that preceding expression is a single object

Finnish: suluissa (fi)
German: in Klammern
Zazaki: henq n

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

Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} kvanto (eo)
Georgian: ^{(please verify)} რაოდენობა (raodenoba), ^{(please verify)} ზომა (zoma)
Ido: (suffix) ^{(please verify)} -ed
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} kuantitas (id)
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} quantitate
Italian: ^{(please verify)} quantità (it) f
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 분량 (ko) (bullyang)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} چھندی (çhindî)
Latin: ^{(please verify)} quantum (la) n, ^{(please verify)} quantitas, ^{(please verify)} quantitatis f
Malay: ^{(please verify)} kuantiti
Volapük: ^{(please verify)} mödot (vo)