versatility

English

Etymology

versatile +‎ -ity

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌvəɹsəˈtɪlɪti/

Noun

versatility (usually uncountable, plural versatilities)

1. The property of being versatile or having many different abilities; 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

the property of being versatile or having many different abilities; flexibility

• Catalan: versatilitat f
• Finnish: monipuolisuus (fi)
• French: polyvalence (fr) m
• Georgian: მრავალმხრივობა (mravalmxrivoba), მრავალფეროვნება (mravalperovneba), მრავალფუნქციონალურობა (mravalpunkcionaluroba)
• German: Vielseitigkeit f, Einsatzvielfalt f, vielseitige Anwendbarkeit f, Flexibilität (de) f, Gewandtheit f
• Interlingua: versatilitate
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• Irish: ilfheidhmeacht f (of tool, ingredient, etc.), ilúsáideacht f (of tool, ingredient, etc.), ilchumas m (of person), ildánacht f (of person)
• Portuguese: versatilidade (pt) f
• Russian: многосторонность (ru) f (mnogostoronnostʹ), разносторонность (ru) f (raznostoronnostʹ)
• Spanish: versatilidad (es) f