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aptitude
English
Etymology
Middle French aptitude, from Medieval Latin aptitudo, from Latin aptus (“apt, fit”). Doublet of attitude.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æpt??tju?d/
Noun
aptitude (countable and uncountable, plural aptitudes)
- Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
- Synonyms: talent, knack; see also Thesaurus:skill
- The condition of being suitable.
- Synonyms: appropriateness, suitability
Translations
Further reading
- aptitude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- aptitude in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin aptit?d?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ap.ti.tyd/
Noun
aptitude f (plural aptitudes)
- aptitude
Related terms
- apte
Further reading
- “aptitude” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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inept
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French inepte, from Latin ineptus, from in- + aptus (whence English apt).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?n??pt/
- Rhymes: -?pt
Adjective
inept (comparative more inept, superlative most inept)
- Not able to do something; not proficient; displaying incompetence.
- Unfit; unsuitable.
Antonyms
- adept
- skillful
Derived terms
- ept
- ineptitude
Related terms
- apt
- aptitude
Translations
Anagrams
- nepit
Romanian
Etymology
From French inepte, from Latin ineptus.
Adjective
inept m or n (feminine singular inept?, masculine plural inep?i, feminine and neuter plural inepte)
- inept
Declension
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