aptitude

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæptɪˌtjuːd/

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) ‎(darba), способност (bg) ‎(sposobnost)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 才能 (zh) ‎(cáinéng), 才幹 (zh), 才干 (zh) ‎(cáigàn), 資質 (zh), 资质 (zh) ‎(zīzhì)

• Czech: vloha f, předpoklad m, schopnost (cs) f
• Dutch: aanleg (nl)
• Finnish: kyky (fi)
• German: Begabung (de) f
• Hebrew: כשרון, כושר ‎(kisharon, kosher)
• Irish: éirimiúlacht f

• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 才能 (ja) ‎(さいのう, sainō), ^{(please verify)} 素質 (ja) ‎(そしつ, soshitsu), ^{(please verify)} 物覚えの早さ ‎(ものおぼえのはやさ, monooboe no hayasa), ^{(please verify)} 出来の良さ ‎(できのよさ, deki no yosa)
• Korean: 소질 (ko) ‎(素質, sojil), 재능 (ko) ‎(才能, jaeneung)
• Norwegian: begavelse (no) m
• Portuguese: aptidão (pt) f
• Russian: скло́нность (ru) f ‎(sklónnostʹ), спосо́бность (ru) f ‎(sposóbnostʹ), одарённость (ru) f ‎(odarjónnostʹ), предрасполо́женность (ru) f ‎(predraspolóžennostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: sklonost (sh), sposobnost (sh), obdarenost (sh), nadarenost (sh), talent (sh)
• Spanish: aptitud (es) f, capacidad (es) f
• Swedish: begåvning (sv) c
• Ukrainian: схильність f ‎(sxylʹnistʹ), здібність f ‎(zdibnistʹ)

the condition of being suitable

• Czech: nadání n, vloha f, talent m, schopnost (cs) f
• Finnish: soveltuvuus
• German: Eignung (de) f
• Japanese: 適合 (ja) ‎(てきごう, tekigō), 適性 ‎(てきせい, tekisei)
• Korean: 적성 (ko) ‎(適性, jeokseong), 적합 (ko) ‎(適合, jeokhap)

• Norwegian: egnethet m
• Portuguese: aptidão (pt) f
• Russian: уме́стность (ru) f ‎(uméstnostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: podobnost (sh), pogodnost (sh)
• Spanish: conveniencia f
• Swedish: lämplighet c

External links

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

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Noun

aptitude f ‎(plural aptitudes)

1. aptitude