Aptitude

Apt′i-tude

,

Noun.

[F.

aptitude

, LL.

aptitudo

, fr. L.

aptus

. See

Apt

, and cf.

Attitude

.]

1.

A natural or acquired disposition or capacity for a particular purpose, or tendency to a particular action or effect;

as, oil has an

aptitude

to burn

.

He seems to have had a peculiar

aptitude

for the management of irregular troops.

Macaulay.

2.

A general fitness or suitableness; adaptation.

That sociable and helpful

aptitude

which God implanted between man and woman.

Milton.

3.

Readiness in learning; docility; aptness.

He was a boy of remarkable

aptitude

.

Macaulay.

Aptitude

APT'ITUDE

,

Noun.

[of aptus, apt.]

1.

A natural or acquired disposition for a particular purpose, or tendency to a particular action or effect; as, oil has an aptitude to burn; men acquire an aptitude to particular vices.

2.

Fitness; suitableness.

3.

Aptness; readiness in learning; docility.

aptitude

English

Noun

aptitude ‎(plural aptitudes)

Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
The condition of being suitable.

Synonyms

talent
knack
appropriateness, suitability
See also Wikisaurus:skill

Translations

natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill

Bulgarian: дарба (bg) ‎(darba), способност (bg) ‎(sposobnost)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 才能 (zh) ‎(cáinéng), 才幹 (zh), 才干 (zh) ‎(cáigàn), 資質 (zh), 资质 (zh) ‎(zīzhì)
Czech: vloha f, předpoklad m, schopnost (cs) f
Dutch: aanleg (nl)
Finnish: kyky (fi)
German: Begabung (de) f
Hebrew: כשרון, כושר ‎(kisharon, kosher)
Irish: éirimiúlacht f

Japanese: ^{(please verify)}才能 (ja) ‎(さいのう, sainō), ^{(please verify)}素質 (ja) ‎(そしつ, soshitsu), ^{(please verify)}物覚えの早さ ‎(ものおぼえのはやさ, monooboe no hayasa), ^{(please verify)}出来の良さ ‎(できのよさ, deki no yosa)
Korean: 소질 (ko) ‎(素質, sojil), 재능 (ko) ‎(才能, jaeneung)
Norwegian: begavelse (no) m
Portuguese: aptidão (pt) f
Russian: скло́нность (ru) f ‎(sklónnostʹ), спосо́бность (ru) f ‎(sposóbnostʹ), одарённость (ru) f ‎(odarjónnostʹ), предрасполо́женность (ru) f ‎(predraspolóžennostʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: sklonost (sh), sposobnost (sh), obdarenost (sh), nadarenost (sh), talent (sh)
Spanish: aptitud (es) f, capacidad (es) f
Swedish: begåvning (sv) c
Ukrainian: схильність f ‎(sxylʹnistʹ), здібність f ‎(zdibnistʹ)

the condition of being suitable

Czech: nadání n, vloha f, talent m, schopnost (cs) f
Finnish: soveltuvuus
German: Eignung (de) f
Japanese: 適合 (ja) ‎(てきごう, tekigō), 適性 ‎(てきせい, tekisei)
Korean: 적성 (ko) ‎(適性, jeokseong), 적합 (ko) ‎(適合, jeokhap)

Norwegian: egnethet m
Portuguese: aptidão (pt) f
Russian: уме́стность (ru) f ‎(uméstnostʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: podobnost (sh), pogodnost (sh)
Spanish: conveniencia f
Swedish: lämplighet c

External links

aptitude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
aptitude in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

French

Pronunciation

Noun

aptitude f ‎(plural aptitudes)

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