aptitude

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin aptitudo, from Latin aptus (“apt, fit”); see apt. Compare attitude, which is a doublet of aptitude.

Noun

aptitude (plural aptitudes)

1. Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
2. The condition of being suitable.

Synonyms

• talent
• knack
• appropriateness, suitability
• See also Wikisaurus:skill

Translations

natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill

Bulgarian: дарба (bg), способност (bg) Chinese: 才能 (cái néng) Dutch: aanleg (nl) Finnish: kyky (fi) German: Begabung (de) f. Hebrew: כשרון, כושר (kisharon, kosher)

Japanese: 実力 (jitsuroku) Norwegian: begavelse (no) m. Portuguese: aptidão (pt) f. Russian: склонность f., способность f., одарённость f., предрасположенность f. Serbo-Croatian: sklonost (sh), sposobnost (sh), obdarenost (sh), nadarenost (sh), talent (sh) Spanish: aptitud (es) f., capacidad (es) f.

the condition of being suitable

Finnish: soveltuvuus (fi) German: Eignung (de) f. Norwegian: egnethet (no) m.

Russian: уместность (ru) f. Serbo-Croatian: podobnost (sh), pogodnost (sh)

External links

• aptitude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• aptitude in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911