competenter

Latin

Etymology

From competēns (“meeting, agreeing”) +‎ -ter.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kom.peˈten.ter/, [kɔmpɛˈt̪ɛn̪t̪ɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kom.peˈten.ter/, [kompeˈt̪ɛn̪t̪er]

Adverb

competenter (comparative competentius, superlative competentissimē)

1. suitably, appositely
2. properly, becomingly

Related terms

• compitum
• competēns
• competentia

• competitio
• competitor
• competitrix

References

• “competenter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• competenter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.