capacitate

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kap-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti

Proto-Italic *kapjō

Old Latin kapiō

Latin capiō

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂-k-s

Proto-Italic *-āks

Latin -āx

Latin capāx

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts

Proto-Italic *-tāts

Latin -tās

Latin capācitāsder.

Old French capacitebor.

Middle English capacite

English capacity

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātuslbor.

English -ate

English capacitate

From capacity + -ate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈpæsɪteɪt/

Verb

capacitate (third-person singular simple present capacitates, present participle capacitating, simple past and past participle capacitated)

1. (transitive) To make capable of functioning in a given capacity.
   • 1695, C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, translated by John Dryden, De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, […], →OCLC:

     By this instruction we may be capacitated to observe those errors.

2. (transitive, zoology) To alter sperm to allow it to fertilize eggs.
3. (transitive, mathematics) To reach maximum throughput on at least part of a constrained network.

Derived terms

• capacitated
• capacitation
• decapacitate
• discapacitate
• incapacitate
• recapacitate

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

capacitate

1. inflection of capacitare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

capacitate f pl

1. feminine plural of capacitato

Latin

Noun

capācitāte

1. ablative singular of capācitās

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French capacité, from Latin capacitas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kapatʃiˈtate]
• Rhymes: -ate
• Hyphenation: ca‧pa‧ci‧ta‧te

Noun

capacitate f (plural capacități)

1. capacity

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	capacitate	capacitatea	capacități	capacitățile
genitive-dative	capacități	capacității	capacități	capacităților
vocative	capacitate, capacitateo		capacităților

Spanish

Verb

capacitate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of capacitar combined with te