aptitude

English

Etymology

Middle French aptitude, from Medieval Latin aptitudo, from Latin aptus (“apt, fit”). Doublet of attitude.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæptɪˌtjuːd/

Noun

aptitude (countable and uncountable, plural aptitudes)

1. Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.

   Synonyms: talent, knack; see also Thesaurus:skill

2. The condition of being suitable.

   Synonyms: appropriateness, suitability

Translations

natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill

• Arabic: اِسْتِعْدَاد‎ m (istiʿdād), مَوْهِبَة‎ f (mawhiba)
• Bulgarian: дарба (bg) (darba), способност (bg) (sposobnost)
• Catalan: aptitud (ca) f
• Chinese:

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

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

• Italian: attitudine (it) 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(素質) (ko) (sojil), 재능(才能) (ko) (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
• Tocharian B: epastyäññe
• Ukrainian: схильність f (sxylʹnistʹ), здібність f (zdibnistʹ)

the condition of being suitable

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

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

Further reading

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

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French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin aptitūdō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ap.ti.tyd/

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Noun

aptitude f (plural aptitudes)

1. aptitude

Related terms

• apte

Further reading

• “aptitude”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.