quale

American  

[kwah-lee, -ley, kwey-] / ˈkwɑ li, -leɪ, ˈkweɪ- /

noun

Philosophy.

plural

qualia

1. a quality, as bitterness, regarded as an independent object.

2. a sense-datum or feeling having a distinctive quality.

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quale British  

/ ˈkwɑːlɪ, ˈkweɪ- /

noun

1. philosophy an essential property or quality

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Etymology

Origin of quale

1665–75; < Latin quāle, neuter singular of quālis of what sort

Example Sentences

“So the apparent passage of time is the quale of chronon absorption?” asked the Psychologist.

From Nature • Jun. 16, 2020

Elle erano nel viso bianchissime, la quale bianchezza quanto si conveniva di rosso colore era mescolata.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington

And thence concludes that the greatest proof of the animal's civism is "la prima congiunzione, dalla quale multiplicata nasce la Città."

From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley

Fra qualche giorno giunger� tra voi un amico mio, Lauri di Forli col quale desidero vi teniate in perfetto accordo.

From Fragments of an Autobiography by Moscheles, Felix

Qui veggion l'alte creature l'orma Dell'eterno Valore, il quale è fine Al quale è fatta la toccata norma.

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter