literacy

English

Etymology

From literate + -cy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪtəɹəsi/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

literacy (plural literacies)

1. The ability to read and write.
2. Understanding of something (ex. computer literacy).

Antonyms

• illiteracy

Derived terms

• illiteracy
• multiliteracy
• numeracy
• pluriliteracy

Related terms

• letter
• literal
• literary
• literate
• literature

Translations

ability to read and write

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: alfabetisme m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 認字／认字 (zh) (rènzì), 认字 (zh) (rènzì), 識字／识字 (zh) (shízì), 识字 (zh) (shízì), 讀寫能力／读写能力 (zh), 读写能力 (zh) (dúxiě nénglì)

• Czech: gramotnost f
• Dutch: alfabetisering (nl), alfabetisme (nl)
• Finnish: luku- ja kirjoitustaito, lukutaito (fi)
• French: littératie (fr), littérisme (fr), alphabétisme (fr) m
• Galician: alfabetización (gl) f
• Georgian: წერა-კითხვის უნარი (c̣era-ḳitxvis unari), წერა-კითხვის ცოდნა (c̣era-ḳitxvis codna), წერა-კითხვა (c̣era-ḳitxva)
• German: Lese- und Schreibfähigkeit f
• Greek: αλφαβητισμός (el) m (alfavitismós)
• Hungarian: írástudás
• Indonesian: literasi (id)
• Irish: litearthacht f
• Italian: alfabetismo (it) m, alfabetizzazione (it) f
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• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

• Macedonian: писменост f (pismenost)
• Portuguese: alfabetização (pt) f, alfabetismo m, letramento (pt) m, literacia (pt) f
• Romanian: alfabetizare (ro) f, alfabetism n, instruire (ro) f, școlire (ro) f
• Russian: гра́мотность (ru) f (grámotnostʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: litearrachd f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: писменост f

  Roman: pismenost (sh) f

• Spanish: alfabetismo m
• Tagalog: kanulatan
• Telugu: అక్షరాస్యత (akṣarāsyata)
• Turkish: okuryazarlık (tr)

understanding of something

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 能力 (zh) (nénglì)

• Czech: gramotnost f
• Finnish: lukutaito (fi)
• French: compréhension (fr) f
• Georgian: წიგნიერება (c̣igniereba), მწიგნობრობა (mc̣ignobroba), განათლებულობა (ganatlebuloba), გათვიცნობიერებულობა (gatvicnobierebuloba)
• German: Kenntnisse (de) f pl, Bildung (de) f
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• Greek: γνώση (el) f (gnósi)
• Indonesian: literasi (id)
• Russian: гра́мотность (ru) f (grámotnostʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: litearrachd f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: писменост f

  Roman: pismenost (sh) f

• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

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Further reading

• “literacy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “literacy”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.