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==English==
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===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*kʷ-}}
From {{inh|en|enm|quantite}}, from {{der|en|fro|quantité}}, from {{der|en|la|quantitās||quantity}}, from {{m|la|quantus||how much}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈkwɒn.tɪ.ti/|a=UK}}
** {{audio|en|en-gb-quantity.ogg|a=UK}}
* {{enPR|kwŏnʹ(t)ĭtē|a=GA}}, {{IPA|en|/ˈkwɑn(t)ɪti/|[ˈkʰwɑn(ɾ)ɨɾi]|[ˈkʰwɑn(tʰ)ɨtʰi]}}
** {{audio|en|en-us-quantity2.ogg|a=US}}
** {{audio|en|en-us-quantity.ogg|a=US}} <small>Note: This is with a relaxed middle T, and is only used in colloquial contexts by many speakers.</small>
* {{IPA|en|[ˈkwɑnɾəɾi]|a=Canada}} {{attn|en|check: this had claimed it was phonemically /ˈkwɑndədi/}}
** {{audio|en|en-ca-quantity.ogg|a=CA}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈkwæn.tɪ.ti/|/ˈkwæn.tɪ.tɪ/|a=obsolete}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}} {{abbreviated|en|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]].
#: {{ux|en|You have to choose between '''quantity''' and quality.}}
# An indefinite amount of something.
#: {{ux|en|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'''.}}
#: {{ux|en|Olive oil can be used practically in any '''quantity'''.}}
# A specific measured amount.
#: {{ux|en|This bag would normally cost $497.50 for a '''quantity''' of 250, at a price of $1.99 per piece.}}
#: {{ux|en|Generally it should not be used in a '''quantity''' larger than 15 percent.}}
# A considerable measure or amount.
#: {{ux|en|The Boeing P-26A was the first all-metal monoplane fighter produced in '''quantity''' for the U.S. Army Air Corps.}}
# {{lb|en|metrology}} Property of a phenomenon, body, or substance, where the property has a magnitude that can be expressed as number and a reference.
# {{lb|en|mathematics}} Indicates that the entire preceding expression is henceforth considered a single object.
#: {{ux|en|''x ''plus ''y'' '''quantity''' squared equals ''x'' squared plus ''2xy'' plus ''y'' squared.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2006|author=Jerome E. Kaufmann; Karen Schwitters|title=Elementary and Intermediate Algebra: A Combined Approach|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0534490247&id=7RKsTaF92MgC&pg=PA89&lpg=PA89&dq=%22quantity+squared%22&sig=X7wk68CoTM4uHM4AIhpLKSYByRI#PPA90,M1|page=89
|passage=For problems 58-67, translate each word phrase into an algebraic expression. {{...}} '''65.''' x plus 9, the '''quantity''' squared}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2005|author=R. Mark Sirkin|title=Statistics For The Social Sciences|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN141290546X&id=67vpZ5VOj14C&pg=PA137&lpg=PA137&dq=%22quantity+squared%22&sig=PRz6Zbd10l0FeIbF9Zqw5LL8gYU#PPA137,M1|page=137
|passage=The second, <math>(\sum x)^2</math>, read "summation of x, quantity squared," tells us to first add up all the xs to get <math>\sum x</math> and then square <math>\sum x</math> to get <math>(\sum x)^2</math>.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1985|author=Serge Lang|title=Math!: Encounters with High School Students|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0387961291&id=guSHaf5TJ70C&pg=PA54&lpg=PA54&ots=Oew4sy2FUZ&dq=%22quantity+cubed%22&sig=4ivw5_O0TYgnLs37-9-DKJTch0o|page=54
|passage='''ANN.''' <math>ra</math> quantity cubed.<br>'''SERGE LANG.''' That's right, <math>(ra)^3</math>.}}
# {{lb|en|phonology}} [[length|Length]] of [[sound]]s.

====Usage notes====
* In mathematics, used to unambiguously [[orate]] mathematical equations; it is extremely rare in print, since there is no need for it there.

====Derived terms====
{{col3|en|dimensionless quantity|hidden quantity|in quantity|known quantity|physical quantity|quantity of motion|quantity surveyor|quantity theory of money|vowel quantity|unknown quantity|quantity discount}}

====Related terms====
{{col|en
|quant
|quanta
|quantifier
|quantify
|quantitate
|quantitative
|quantum
}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|sasi|f}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|كَمِّيَّة|f}}, {{t+|ar|مِقْدَار|m}}, {{t+|ar|قدر|tr=qadr}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|քանակ}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|cantidá|f}}
* Avar: {{t|av|къадар}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|kəmiyyət}}, {{t+|az|miqdar}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|һан}}, {{t|ba|миҡдар}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|kantitatea}}
* Belarusian: {{t+|be|ко́лькасць|f}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|পরিমাণ}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|коли́чество|n}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|အရေအတွက်}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|quantitat|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Hokkien: {{t+|nan-hbl|數量|tr=sò͘-liōng}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|數量|tr=shùliàng}}, {{t+|cmn|量|tr=liàng}}, {{t+|cmn|數字|tr=shùzì}}, {{t+|cmn|數目|tr=shùmù}}, {{t+|cmn|分量|tr=fènliàng}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|množství|n}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|kvantitet|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|hoeveelheid|f}}, {{qualifier|mainly used in opposition to 'kwaliteit'}} {{t+|nl|kwantiteit|f}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|kogus}}, {{t|et|kvantiteet}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|määrä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|quantité|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|cantidade|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|რაოდენობა}}, {{t|ka|ოდენობა}}
* German: {{t+|de|Quantität|f}}, {{t+|de|Menge|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ποσότητα|f}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ποσότης|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|כַּמוּת|f|tr=kamút}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|मात्रा|f}}, {{t+|hi|परिमाण|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|mennyiség}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|magn|n}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|quanteso}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|kuantitas}}, {{t+|id|jumlah}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|quantitate}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|cainníocht|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|grandezza|f}}, {{t+|it|quantità|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|量|tr=りょう, ryō}}, {{t+|ja|数量|tr=すうりょう, sūryō}}, {{t+|ja|分量|tr=ぶんりょう, bunryō}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|сан}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ចំនួន}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|양(量)}}, {{t+|ko|량(量)}} {{qualifier|North Korea}}, {{t+|ko|수량(數量)}}, {{t+|ko|분량(分量)}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|چەندیەتی}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|сан}}
* Lao: {{t+|lo|ປະລິມານ}}, {{t|lo|ຈຳນວນ}}
* Latin: {{t|la|quantitās|f}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|daudzums|m}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|kiekis|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|коли́чина|f}}, {{t|mk|коли́чество|n}}, {{t|mk|квантите́т|m}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|kuantiti}}, {{t|ms|jumlah}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|അളവ്}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|rahinga}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|mn|тоо хэмжээ}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|kvantitet|m}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|کمیت|tr=kammiyat}}, {{t+|fa|مقدار|tr=meqdâr}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|ilość|f}}, {{t+|pl|wielkość|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|quantidade|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|cantitate|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|коли́чество|n}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|количѝна|f}}, {{t|sh|квантите́та|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|količìna|f}}, {{t+|sh|kvantitéta|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|množstvo|n}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|količina|f}}, {{t|sl|kvantiteta|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|cantidad|f}}, {{t+|es|cuantía|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|kvantitet|c}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|шумора}}, {{t|tg|миқдор}}
* Tatar: {{t+|tt|сан}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|పరిమాణము}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ปริมาณ}}, {{t+|th|จำนวน}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|miktar}}
* Turkmen: {{t+|tk|san}}, {{t+|tk|mukdar}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|кі́лькість|f}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|مقدار|m|tr=miqdār}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|سان}}, {{t|ug|مىقدار}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|son}}, {{t+|uz|miqdor}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|lượng}}, {{t+|vi|số lượng}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|cwantité|f}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|miktar|n}}
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{{trans-top|indefinite amount of something}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|коли́чество|n}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|quantitat|f}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|hoeveelheid|f}}
* Ewe: {{t|ee|gbɔsɔsɔ}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|määrä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|quantité|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|რაოდენობა}}
* German: {{t+|de|Quantität|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ποσότητα|f}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ποσότης|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|כַּמוּת|f|tr=kamút}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|quanto}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|cainníocht|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|numero|m}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|daudzums|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|коли́чество|n}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|mengde|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|mengd|f}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|ilość|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|quantidade|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|cantitate|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|коли́чество|n}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+|sh|količina|f}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|količina|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|cantidad|f}}, {{t+|es|cuantía}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|kvantitet|c}}, {{t+|sv|mängd|c}}
* Waray-Waray: {{t|war|kantidad}}, {{t|war|kadamo}}
* Zazaki: {{t+|zza|çend}}, {{t+|zza|çend|c}}
* ǃXóõ: {{t|nmn|ǃɢa̰n-ǃɢa̰n}} {{qualifier|of objects}}, {{t|nmn|dzâa}} {{qualifier|of people}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|specific measured amount}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|коли́чество|n}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|quantitat|f}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|hoeveelheid|f}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|hulk}}
* Ewe: {{t|ee|gbɔsɔsɔ}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|määrä}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|რაოდენობა}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ποσότητα|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|כַּמוּת|f|tr=kamút}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|cainníocht|f}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|daudzums|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|коли́чина|f}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|അളവ്}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|mengde|m}}, {{t+|nb|antall|n}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|mengd|f}}, {{t|nn|tal|n}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|ilość|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|quantidade|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|коли́чество|n}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|količina|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|cantidad|f}}, {{t+|es|cuantía|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|mängd|c}} {{qualifier|uncountable}}, {{t+|sv|antal|n}} {{qualifier|countable}}
* Zazaki: {{t+|zza|hend|c|impf}}
* ǃXóõ: {{t|nmn|ʻǁnàhã}}
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{{trans-top|considerable measure or amount}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|quantitat|f}}
* Ewe: {{t|ee|gbɔsɔsɔ}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[merkittävä]] [[määrä]]}}, {{t+|fi|paljous}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|რაოდენობა}}
* German: {{t+|de|Menge|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|כַּמוּת|f|tr=kamút}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|daudzums|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|коли́чество|n}}, {{t|mk|коли́чина|f}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|mengde|m}}, {{t+|nb|antall|n}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|mengd|f}}, {{t|nn|tal|n}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|ilość|alt=duża ilość}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|quantidade|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|mulțime|f}}, {{t|ro|mare cantitate|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|коли́чество|n}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|cantidad|f}}, {{t+|es|cuantía|f}}
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{{trans-top|word used to indicate that preceding expression is a single object}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|sulku|alt=suluissa}}
* German: {{t|de|in Klammern}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|henq|n}}
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{{checktrans-top}}
* Esperanto: {{t+check|eo|kvanto}}
* Georgian: {{t-check|ka|რაოდენობა}}, {{t-check|ka|ზომა}}
* Ido: {{qualifier|suffix}} {{t-check|io|-ed}}
* Indonesian: {{t+check|id|kuantitas}}
* Interlingua: {{t-check|ia|quantitate}}
* Italian: {{t+check|it|quantità|f}}
* Korean: {{t+check|ko|분량}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t-check|ckb|چھندی}}
* Latin: {{t+check|la|quantum|n}}, {{t-check|la|quantitas}}, {{t-check|la|quantitatis|f}}
* Malay: {{t-check|ms|kuantiti}}
* Volapük: {{t+check|vo|mödot}}
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====See also====
* {{l|en|measure}}
* {{l|en|unit}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:Webster 1913}}
* {{R:Century 1911}}
* {{R:OneLook}}