potency

English

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin potentia.

Noun

potency ‎(countable and uncountable, plural potencies)

1. Strength
2. Power
3. The ability or capacity to perform something.

Related terms

• potence
• potent
• potentate
• potential
• potentiality

Translations

strength

• Finnish: voima (fi)

• Polish: potencja f
• Romanian: potență (ro) f

power

• Finnish: valta (fi)
• Polish: potencja f

• Romanian: potență (ro) f, putere (ro) f

ability or capacity to perform

• Finnish: kyky (fi), potenssi (fi)
• Malay: potensi

• Polish: potencja f
• Romanian: putință (ro) f
• Spanish: potencia (es) f

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• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} יכולת f