ability

Etymology
First attested in the 1300s. From, from , from , from ; equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1)  Suitableness.
 * 2)  The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power.
 * 3) The legal wherewithal to act.
 * 4)  Physical power.
 * 5)  Financial ability.
 * 6)  A unique power of the mind; a faculty.
 * 7)  A skill or competence in doing; mental power; talent; aptitude.
 * 1)  Physical power.
 * 2)  Financial ability.
 * 3)  A unique power of the mind; a faculty.
 * 4)  A skill or competence in doing; mental power; talent; aptitude.

Synonyms

 * See Thesaurus:skill
 * See Thesaurus:skill

Translations

 * Afrikaans: vermoë
 * American Sign Language: S@Sternumhigh-PalmDown-S@Sternumhigh-PalmDown S@Chesthigh-PalmDown-S@Chesthigh-PalmDown
 * Arabic: قُدْرَة, مَقْدِرَة, اِسْتِطَاعَة, وُسْع
 * Egyptian Arabic: قدرة, مقدرة, إستطاعة
 * Armenian: ,
 * Asturian: capacidá, habilidá
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: һәләт
 * Basque: gaitasun, trebetasun, abilezia
 * Belarusian:
 * Bengali:
 * Bikol Central:
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Cornish: gallos
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: povo
 * Estonian: võime,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:, ,
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian: შესაძლებლობა, უნარი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:, ,
 * Irish: ábaltacht,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: សមត្ថភាព,
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: دەرەقەت, لەدەس ھاتن
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lakota: wóokihi
 * Latin: prudentia, calliditas, solertia,, , sollers acumen, , potentia, habilitas
 * Lithuanian: gebėjimas
 * Macedonian: способност
 * Malay: کبوليهن
 * Maltese: abilità
 * Manx: jargaght
 * Maori: āheitanga
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan: ,
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Quechua:
 * Romagnol: abilitê
 * Romanian:, , ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scots: abeelity
 * Scottish Gaelic: dìorachd, murrachas, murraiche, abaltachd, foladh, acmhaing
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: спосо́бно̄ст
 * Roman:
 * Slovene: zmožnost
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: kakayahan
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu: ,
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan: ནུས་པ
 * Urdu: یوگیتا, یوگیتو
 * Vietnamese: (能力)
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh:


 * Afrikaans: bekwaamheid, vermoë
 * American Sign Language:
 * Arabic: مَوْهِبَة
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Belarusian:
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Crimean Tatar: qabiliyet
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Galician:
 * Greek:
 * Haitian Creole: abilite
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Latin:
 * Maltese:
 * Maori:, āheitanga, āheinga
 * Mongolian:
 * Ottoman Turkish: صنعت, هنر
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, , ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:, вјештина
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog:
 * Thai:
 * Volapük:


 * Afrikaans: talente, knapheid
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:, pericia, mestría
 * Greek:, ,
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:, , , mestria
 * Romagnol: abilitê
 * Romanian:
 * Tagalog:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:


 * Gothic:
 * Vietnamese:, , , , , ,