sine qua non

See also: sinequanon and sine quâ non

English

WOTD – 17 October 2012

Borrowed from Latin [condiciō] sine quā nōn (“[condition] without which not”), originated in Aristotelian expressions as legal term.

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌsaɪnɪ kweɪ ˈnɒn/, /ˌsɪn(e)ɪ kwɑː ˈnəʊn/, /ˌsɪn(e)ɪ kwɑː ˈnɒn/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌsɪni kwɑ ˈnɑn/, /ˌsɪni kwɑ ˈnoʊn/, /ˌsaɪni kweɪ ˈnɑn/
Rhymes: -ɒn, -əʊn

sine qua non (plural sine qua nons or sine quibus non)

An essential or indispensable element, condition, or ingredient.
- 2000, A. Przeworski; M. Alvarez; J. Cheibub; F. Limongi, Democracy and Development, Cambridge University Press, page 34:
  […] whereas some degree of political freedom is a sine qua non condition for contestation, democracy cannot be sufficiently defined in terms of “liberties” […]
Synonym: prerequisite

prerequisite

Arabic: شَرْط لَازِم‎ m (šarṭ lāzim)
Armenian: անհրաժեշտ պայման (anhražešt payman), էական պայման (ēakan payman), մի բան, առանց որի հնարավոր չէ (mi ban, aṙancʿ ori hnaravor čʿē)
Catalan: condició indispensable f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 必要條件 (zh), 必要条件 (zh) (bìyào tiáojiàn), 不可或缺 (zh) (bù kě huò quē) (chengyu, adj.)
Danish: absolut nødvendighed c, nødvendig betingelse c
Estonian: sine qua non (et)
Finnish: edellytys (fi), kynnyskysymys (fi)
French: sine qua non (fr) m or f, sine quâ non (fr) m or f
German: absolute Notwendigkeit f, notwendige Bedingung f, unerlässliche Voraussetzung f, Conditio sine qua non (de) f
Greek: εκ των ων ουκ άνευ (el) n (ek ton on ouk ánef), απαραίτητη προϋπόθεση f (aparaítiti proÿpóthesi)

Hungarian: előfeltétel (hu)
Italian: conditio sine qua non f, condicio sine qua non f
Japanese: 必須条件 (ひっすじょうけん, hissujōken), 必要条件 (ja) (ひつようじょうけん, hitsuyōjōken), 要件 (ja) (ようけん, yōken)
Korean: 불가결 (ko) (bulgagyeol), 필수조건 (pilsujogeon), 없어서는 안 될 것 (eopseoseoneun an doel geot)
Polish: warunek sine qua non m, warunek niezbędny m
Portuguese: sine qua non m
Russian: обяза́тельное усло́вие n (objazátelʹnoje uslóvije), (соверше́нно) необходи́мое усло́вие n ((soveršénno) neobxodímoje uslóvije))
Spanish: condición sine qua non f
Swedish: ofrånkomligt villkor n, nödvändig förutsättning c, oeftergivligt villkor n
Turkish: olmazsa olmaz
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Borrowed from Latin [condiciō] sine quā nōn (“[condition] without which not”).

sine qua non (invariable, comparable)

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