attainment

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French ataignement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈteɪnmənt/

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Noun

attainment (countable and uncountable, plural attainments)

1. The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; the act of obtaining by exertion or effort.
2. That which is attained, or obtained by exertion; acquisition; acquirement.

Translations

the act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching

• Belarusian: дасягне́нне n (dasjahnjénnje)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 達到／达到 (zh) (dádào), 达到 (zh) (dádào)

• Dutch: het verkrijgen van
• Finnish: saavuttaminen (fi), pääseminen (fi)
• German: Erlangen (de) n
• Ido: atingo (io)
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• Interlingue:
• Korean: 성과 (ko) (seonggwa), 성취 (ko) (seongchwi), 달성 (ko) (dalseong)
• Persian: نیل (fa) (neyl)
• Romanian: dobândire (ro) f, obținere (ro) f, câștigare (ro) f
• Russian: достиже́ние (ru) n (dostižénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: ruigsinn f
• Spanish: logro (es) m, consecución f, realización (es) f

that which is attained, or obtained by exertion; acquisition; acquirement

• Finnish: saavutus (fi)
• German: Errungenschaft (de) f
• Interlingue:
• Maori: taeatanga, haumāuiui
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• Persian: فضیلت (fa) (fazilat)
• Portuguese: meta (pt)
• Russian: приобрете́ние (ru) n (priobreténije)

References

• “attainment”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.