potency

English

Etymology

Borrowed 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)
• Galician: potencia f
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• Polish: potencja (pl) f
• Romanian: potență (ro) f

power

• Finnish: valta (fi)
• Galician: potencia f
• Greek:

  Ancient: δύναμις f (dúnamis)

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• Latin: potestās (la) f
• Polish: potencja (pl) f
• Romanian: potență (ro) f, putere (ro) f

ability or capacity to perform

• Finnish: kyky (fi), potenssi (fi)
• Galician: potencia f
• Malay: potensi
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• Polish: potencja (pl) f
• Romanian: putință (ro) f
• Spanish: potencia (es) f

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• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} יכולת (he) f
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