productivity

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Etymology

productive +‎ -ity

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹɒdʌkˈtɪvəti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹoʊdʌkˈtɪvəti/

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Noun

productivity (usually uncountable, plural productivities)

1. the state of being productive, fertile or efficient
2. the rate at which goods or services are produced by a standard population of workers
3. the rate at which crops are grown on a standard area of land

Synonyms

• productiveness (much less common)

Derived terms

• bioproductivity
• counterproductivity
• nonproductivity
• semiproductivity
• underproductivity

 

Translations

state of being productive

• Arabic: إنْتاجيّة‎ f (ʼintājiyya)
• Armenian: արդյունավետություն (hy) (ardyunavetutʿyun)
• Catalan: productivitat f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: produktivita f
• Dutch: vruchtbaar (nl)
• Esperanto: produktiveco
• Finnish: tuottavuus (fi), tuotteliaisuus (fi); hedelmällisyys (fi) (fertility); tehokkuus (fi) (efficiency)
• French: productivité (fr)
• German: Produktivität (de) f, Leistungsfähigkeit (de) f
• Greek: παραγωγικότητα (el) f (paragogikótita)
• Irish: táirgiúlacht f, bisiúlacht f

• Italian: produttività (it) f
• Japanese: 生産性 (seisansei)
• Khmer: ផលិតភាព (pho lit pheap)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: produktivitet m

  Nynorsk: produktivitet m

• Portuguese: produtividade (pt) f
• Romanian: productivitate (ro) f
• Russian: производи́тельность (ru) f (proizvodítelʹnostʹ), продукти́вность (ru) f (produktívnostʹ)
• Spanish: productividad (es) f
• Tagalog: pagkamalalangin
• Thai: ผลิตภาพ (th) (pà-lìt-dtà-pâap)

rate at which goods or services are produced by a standard population of workers

• Armenian: արտադրողականություն (hy) (artadrołakanutʿyun)
• Finnish: tuottavuus (fi); joutuisuus
• Romanian: productivitate (ro) f

• Russian: производи́тельность (ru) (proizvodítelʹnostʹ)
• Tagalog: pagkamalalangin

rate at which crops are grown on a standard area of land

• Armenian: բերքատվություն (hy) (berkʿatvutʿyun)
• Finnish: satoisuus (fi)

• Tagalog: pagkamalalangin