literacy

English

Etymology

From literate + -cy.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlɪtəɹəsi/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

literacy (plural literacies)

1. the ability to read
2. understanding of something (ex. computer literacy)

Antonyms

• illiteracy

Derived terms

• numeracy

Related terms

• letter
• literal
• literary
• literate
• literature

Translations

ability to read

• Czech: gramotnost (cs) f
• Dutch: alfabetisering (nl), alfabetisme (nl)
• Finnish: lukutaito (fi)
• French: littératie (fr), littérisme (fr), alphabétisme (fr) m
• German: Lese- und Schreibfähigkeit (de) f
• Greek: αλφαβητισμός (el) (alfavitismós) m
• Italian: alfabetismo (it) m, alfabetizzazione (it) f

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: خوێنده‌واری (ku) (xwéndewarí)

• Portuguese: alfabetização (pt) f, alfabetismo (pt) m
• Romanian: alfabetizare (ro) f, alfabetism (ro) n, instruire (ro) f, școlire (ro) f
• Russian: грамотность (ru) (grámotnost`) f
• Scottish Gaelic: litearrachd (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: писменост (sh) f

  Roman: pismenost (sh) f

• Spanish: alfabetismo (es) m

understanding of something

• Czech: gramotnost (cs) f
• Finnish: lukutaito (fi)
• German: Kenntnisse (de) f pl, Bildung (de) f
• Greek: γνώση (el) (gnósi) f

• Russian: грамотность (ru) (gramotnostʹ) f
• Scottish Gaelic: litearrachd (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: писменост (sh) f

  Roman: pismenost (sh) f

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Translations to be checked

• Telugu: అక్షరాస్యత (aksharaasyata)

External links

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