speciality (ˌspɛʃɪˈælɪtɪ
) or mainly US Canadian specialty
Definitions
noun
- a special interest or skill
- a service or product specialized in, as at a restaurant ⇒
roast beef was a speciality of the house
- ((as modifier) ⇒
a speciality dish
- a service or product specialized in, as at a restaurant ⇒
- a special or distinguishing feature or characteristic
Synonyms
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- British English:
speciality
Someone's speciality is the kind of work they do best or the subject they know most about.His speciality was history.ˌspɛʃɪˈælɪtɪ NOUN His speciality was history.
- Spanish:
especialidad
nf
- French:
spécialité
nf
- German:
Spezialität
nf
- Chinese: 专业 n
- Arabic: تَخَصُّص n
- Portuguese: especialidade nf
- Russian: специальность nf
- Croatian: specijalnost nf
- Czech: specializace nf
- Danish: specialitet nutr
- Dutch: specialiteit nf
- Finnish: erikoisala n
- Greek: ειδικότητα nf
- Italian: specialità nf
- Japanese: 専門 n
- Korean: 특기 n
- Norwegian: spesialitet nm
- Polish: specjalność nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: especialidade nf
- European Spanish:
especialidad
nf
- Swedish: specialitet nutr
- Thai: ความชำนาญพิเศษ n
- Turkish: uzmanlık n
- Vietnamese: chuyên môn n
Usage examples
There she was stopped for a spot check by a young Preventive Officer who made a speciality of suspecting attractive women.
, The Endless Game (1986)Strange ideas were a speciality of the science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein.
New Scientist (1998)The Kinsale symposium will help the speciality food sector in Ireland to adapt to the future he said.
Irish Times (2002)"They are very much aware of the milk quality required to make these speciality products.
Belfast Telegraph (2003)He added: `I think the orthopaedic surgeon was stepping out of his speciality a little bit in his comments.
, Coping With Sudden Hair Loss (1988)