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Plural of quale

irregular plural

The plural of quale is qualia.

Forms of quale

Singularquale /ˈkwɑːleɪ/
Pluralqualia /ˈkwɑːliə/
Countablecountable

Qualia in a sentence

  • I was more like a vegetable than a person—with my consciousness only a shadow of self-awareness, only a dim sense of qualia penetrated my mental haze.2011, Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell
  • If the term qualia has any use at all it is to designate experientable differences; significantly different qualia can, in principle, be recognised as different.1994: Howard Robinson, Perception, page 126 (Routledge; →ISBN, 978‒0415033640). From the entry experientable

Meaning of quale

  1. noun An instance of a subjective, conscious experience.

Full definition of quale

Other irregular plurals

Questions about the plural of quale

What is the plural of quale?
The plural of quale is qualia.
Is quale countable?
Quale is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: quale (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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