idoneïtat

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin idoneitāte, idōneitās (“usefulness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [i.ðu.nə.iˈtat]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [i.ðo.nə.iˈtat]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [i.ðo.ne.iˈtat]

Noun

idoneïtat f (uncountable)

1. suitability
   • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 2, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

     I a mesura que l'entrevista avançava em vaig adonar que no havia de demostrar la meva idoneïtat, que el meu interlocutor feia esforços per vendre'm la plaça.

     And as the interview went on I realized I did not need to prove my suitability, as my interlocutor tried his best to sell me the post.

Further reading

• “idoneïtat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “idoneïtat”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024