aptitude
English edit
Etymology edit
Middle French aptitude, from Medieval Latin aptitudo, from Latin aptus (“apt, fit”). By surface analysis, apt + -itude. Doublet of attitude.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aptitude (countable and uncountable, plural aptitudes)
- Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
- Synonyms: talent, knack; see also Thesaurus:skill
- Antonym: ineptitude
- The condition of being suitable.
- Synonyms: appropriateness, fitness, suitability
- Antonym: ineptitude
Translations edit
natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
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the condition of being suitable
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Further reading edit
- “aptitude”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “aptitude”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin aptitūdō.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aptitude f (plural aptitudes)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “aptitude”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.