English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] versatile -ity
Pronunciation [ edit ] ( US ) IPA (key ) : /ˌvəɹsəˈtɪlɪti/ Audio (Southern England) (file )
versatility (usually uncountable , plural versatilities
The property of being versatile or having many different abilities .
Synonyms: versatileness ( less common ) ; flexibility 1749, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, Letters to His Son 1749
Those are the sort of women who polish a young man the most, and who give him that habit of complaisance, and that flexibility and versatility of manners which prove of great use to him with men, and in the course of business. Translations [ edit ] the property of being versatile or having many different abilities; flexibility
Bulgarian: многостранност (bg) f ( mnogostrannost )
Catalan: versatilitat f
Dutch: veelzijdigheid (nl) f
Finnish: monipuolisuus (fi)
French: polyvalence (fr) m
Galician: versatilidade (gl) f
Georgian: მრავალმხრივობა ( mravalmxrivoba ) , მრავალფეროვნება ( mravalperovneba ) , მრავალფუნქციონალურობა ( mravalpunkcionaluroba )
German: Vielseitigkeit f Einsatzvielfalt f vielseitige Anwendbarkeit f Flexibilität (de) f Gewandtheit (de) f
Interlingua: versatilitate
Irish: ilfheidhmeacht f ( of tool, ingredient, etc. ) , ilúsáideacht f ( of tool, ingredient, etc. ) , ilchumas m ( of person ) , ildánacht f ( of person )
Italian: versatilità (it) f
Macedonian: сестраност f ( sestranost ) , многустраност f ( mnogustranost )
Portuguese: versatilidade (pt) f
Russian: многосторонность (ru) f ( mnogostoronnostʹ ) , разносторонность (ru) f ( raznostoronnostʹ )
Spanish: versatilidad (es) f
Swedish: mångsidighet (sv) , ombytlighet (sv) , flexibilitet (sv)
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