competency

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• kŏm′pĭ-tən-sē
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• General-American, US: /ˈkɑm.pə.tən.si/
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From Late Latin competentia. Doublet of competence.

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: авторите́тност (avtoritétnost) — ability to perform some task
• Danish: kompetence — ability to perform some task
• Dutch: bekwaamheid — ability to perform some task
• Dutch: competentie — ability to perform some task
• Finnish: pätevyys — ability to perform some task
• Finnish: kompetenssi — ability to perform some task
• Ido: kompetenteso — ability to perform some task
• Latvian: kompetence — ability to perform some task
• Norwegian: kompetanse — ability to perform some task
• Portuguese: competência — ability to perform some task
• Portuguese: aptidão — ability to perform some task
• Spanish: competencia — ability to perform some task
• Turkish: yetkinlik — ability to perform some task
• Danish: kompetence — law: meeting specified qualifications to perform
• Dutch: bevoegdheid — law: meeting specified qualifications to perform
• Finnish: pätevyys — law: meeting specified qualifications to perform
• Latvian: kompetence — law: meeting specified qualifications to perform
• Portuguese: qualificação — law: meeting specified qualifications to perform
• Danish: kompetens — linguistics: implicit knowledge of a language’s structure
• Finnish: kielitaito — linguistics: implicit knowledge of a language’s structure
• French: compétence — linguistics: implicit knowledge of a language’s structure
• Portuguese: competência — linguistics: implicit knowledge of a language’s structure