habileté

French

Etymology

habile +‎ -eté, see also -ité.

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /a.bil.te/

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• Rhymes: -e
• Homophone: habiletés
• Hyphenation: ha‧bile‧té

Noun

habileté f (plural habiletés)

1. capacity of doing something well with hands; dexterity
2. (figurative) skill, capacity to do a task well, not necessarily manual work

Synonyms

• capacité
• adresse

Further reading

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