qua

conj. in the capacity of; as being (Napoleon qua general).
Etymology: L, ablat. fem. sing. of qui who (rel. pron.)

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I. \\ˈkwā, ˈkwä\ preposition

Etymology: Latin, from abl. singular feminine of qui who — more at who

: in the character, role, or capacity of : as

his business qua historian — Modern Language Notes

the music qua music … produces an impression of strength — Aaron Copland

the renouncement of love qua passion — Wilhelmine Delp

belief that all men qua men have certain essential rights — W.K.Frankena

for art to use geometric forms, qua geometric forms — Edgar Levy

II. \\ˈkwä\

variant of quaw

III. \\ˈkwä, ˈkwȯ\ noun (-s)

Etymology: imitative

: a European night heron

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/kway, kwah/, adv.

as; as being; in the character or capacity of: The work of art qua art can be judged by aesthetic criteria only.

[1640-50; < L qua fem. abl. sing. of qui WHO]

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qua /kwā or kwä/

adverb

In the capacity of

ORIGIN: L quā, adverbial ablative fem of quī who

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qua UK [kweɪ] US UK [kwɑː] US [kwɑ] preposition formal

as used for describing the character or position of someone or something in a particular situation

the novelist qua narrator

Thesaurus: prepositions_hyponym

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qua «kway, kwah», adverb.

as being; as; in the character or capacity of: »Qua father, he pitied the boy; qua judge, he condemned him. I find much to admire, qua sound, in these two discs (Irving Kolodin).

╂[< Latin quā by what way, how, where, adverb to quī who]

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[kwä]

conj. in the capacity of; as being

he's hard to pin down if you get him on entertainment qua entertainment

Origin:

Latin, ablative feminine singular of qui ‘who’

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/ˈkwɑː/ prep

formal : in the character or role of (someone or something) : ↑as

— used to indicate that someone or something is being referred to or thought about in a particular way

The artist qua artist is less interesting to me than the artist as a human being.

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qua — pronounced kway or kwah, is a somewhat formal word, with the air of philosophy and logic about it, derived from the Latin relative pronoun qui, and is used in English with the meaning ‘considered as’ or ‘in the capacity of’ when a person or thing … Modern English usage
qua — / kwä, kwā/ prep [Latin, which way, as, from ablative singular feminine of qui who]: in the capacity or character of a legitimate interest of the stockholder qua stockholder Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
qua — avv. [lat. eccu(m ) hac ] (radd. sint.). 1. [nel luogo vicino a chi parla: mi trovo q. per caso ] ▶◀ in questo luogo (o posto), qui, [se il luogo è posto in basso] quaggiù, [se il luogo è posto in alto] quassù. ◀▶ (lett., burocr.) ivi, là, lì.… … Enciclopedia Italiana
qua — <lat. ; »auf der Seite, wo ...; inwieweit, wie«>: 1. (Präposition) a) mittels, durch, auf dem Wege über, z. B. qua Amt festsetzen; b) gemäß, entsprechend, z. B. den Schaden qua Verdienstausfall bemessen. 2. (Konjunktion) [in der… … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
Qua — Qua, conj. [L., abl. of qui who.] In so far as; in the capacity or character of; as. [1913 Webster] It is with Shelley s biographers qua biographers that we have to deal. London Spectator. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Qua — (lat.), als, insofern, in seiner Eigenschaft als –, z.B. qua König, d. i. als König; qua talis, als solcher, als der er sein soll … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
qua — [kwa:, kweı US kwa:] prep formal used to show you are talking about the basic nature or job of someone or something ▪ Money, qua money, cannot provide happiness. →↑sine qua non … Dictionary of contemporary English
qua — <lateinisch> ([in der Eigenschaft] als; gemäß); qua Beamter; qua amtliche, auch amtlicher Befugnis … Die deutsche Rechtschreibung
qua — als, in der Eigenschaft als…; qua Mediziner (muss ich sagen…) [Etym.: lat.] … Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch
qua — [ kweı, kwa ] preposition FORMAL as: used for describing the character or position of someone or something in a particular situation: the novelist qua narrator … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
qua — as, in the capacity of, from L. qua, ablative singular fem. of qui who, from PIE *kwo , stem of relative and interrogative pronouns (Cf. O.E. hwa who, hwæt what; Goth. hvas who; Gk. posos how much? ) … Etymology dictionary

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