specialty

/ˈspɛʃəlti/

nounspe · cial · ty

Think: "A SPECIAL TREAT is the house specialty" — SPECIAL + TY (treat-y) helps you remember the ending.

Yes, it's specialty. Don’t write *-ity* at the end: it’s **special + ty** → **specialty** (no extra **i** before the **t**).

Definitions

  1. nouna particular skill, product, or area of study that someone is especially good at or that a place is known for
  2. nouna special or distinctive item, especially a food or product that is featured

Examples

  • Baking sourdough bread is her specialty, so she makes it for every family gathering.
  • The restaurant’s specialty is spicy ramen with homemade noodles.
  • In medical school, he chose cardiology as his specialty.

Synonyms

expertisespecializationfortestrong suithighlight

Antonyms

weaknessinexperience

Translations

ES especialidadPT especialidadeFR spécialité

Common misspellings

spechaltyspeshaltyspecialltyspecialityspeacialtyspecalityspecialtlyspecialtey

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