efficiens

Danish

Noun

efficiens c (singular definite efficiensen, not used in plural form)

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Declension

Declension of efficiens

common gender	Singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	efficiens	efficiensen
genitive	efficiens'	efficiensens

Further reading

• “efficiens” in Den Danske Ordbog

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of efficiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /efˈfi.ki.ens/, [ɛfˈfɪkiẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /efˈfi.t͡ʃi.ens/, [efˈfiːt͡ʃiens]

Participle

efficiēns (genitive efficientis, adverb efficienter); third-declension one-termination participle

1. producing, and related senses of the action
2. (Medieval Latin) efficient

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	efficiēns			efficientēs	efficientia
Genitive	efficientis			efficientium
Dative	efficientī			efficientibus
Accusative	efficientem	efficiēns		efficientēs efficientīs	efficientia
Ablative	efficiente efficientī1			efficientibus
Vocative	efficiēns			efficientēs	efficientia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• → Catalan: eficient
• → French: efficient
• → Galician: eficiente
• → Italian: efficiente
• → Piedmontese: eficent
• → Portuguese: eficiente
• → Romanian: eficient
• → Spanish: eficiente

References

• “efficiens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “efficiens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• efficiens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.