dexterity

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• /dɛksˈtɛɹɪti/
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Borrowed from Middle French dextérité, from Latin dexteritas, from dexter (“on the right”), this is in reference to most people having greater fine motor skills in their right hand. Partially displaced native Old English handcræft, whence Modern English handcraft.

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: сръчност (srǎčnost) — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Bulgarian: ловкост (lovkost) — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Catalan: destresa — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Chinese Mandarin: 機巧 /机巧 (jīqiǎo) — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Chinese Mandarin: 靈巧 /灵巧 (língqiǎo) — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Czech: zručnost — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Czech: šikovnost — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Danish: fingerfærdighed — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Dutch: handigheid — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Finnish: näppäryys — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Finnish: taitavuus — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• French: dextérité — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Georgian: მოხერხებულობა (moxerxebuloba) — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Georgian: სიმარჯვე (simarǯve) — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Georgian: ოსტატურობა (osṭaṭuroba) — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Georgian: გაწაფულობა (gac̣apuloba) — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Georgian: სიმკვირცხლე (simḳvircxle) — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Georgian: შნო (šno) — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• German: Fingerfertigkeit — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• German: Geschicklichkeit — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• German: Gewandtheit — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Greek: επιδεξιότητα (epidexiótita) — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Greek: δεξιοσύνη (dexiosýni) — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Greek: επιτηδειότητα (epitideiótita) — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Greek: μαστοριά (mastoriá) — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Hebrew: זריזות — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Hebrew: גמישות — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Hebrew: מיומנות — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Hebrew: קלות תנועה — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Hungarian: kézügyesség — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Hungarian: ügyesség — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Hungarian: fürgeség — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Indonesian: ketangkasan — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Italian: destrezza — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Japanese: 器用さ (kiyōsa) — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Japanese: 素早さ (subayasa) — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Latin: agilitās — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Latin: pernīcitās — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Lithuanian: miklumas — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Macedonian: спретност (spretnost) — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Macedonian: умешност (umešnost) — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Old English: handcræft — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Persian: چیرهدستی (čire-dasti) — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Persian: زبردستی (zebar-dasti) — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Persian: تردستی (tar-dasti) — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Polish: zręczność — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Polish: zwinność — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Portuguese: destreza — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Romanian: dexteritate — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Romanian: îndemânare — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Romanian: iscusință — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Romanian: dibăcie — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Romanian: abilitate — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Russian: ло́вкость (lóvkostʹ) — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Russian: сноро́вка (snoróvka) — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Russian: прово́рность (provórnostʹ) — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Russian: прово́рство (provórstvo) — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Russian: подви́жность (podvížnostʹ) — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Slovak: zručnosť — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Slovak: obratnosť — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Spanish: destreza — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Spanish: desparpajo — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Swedish: skicklighet — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Swedish: fingerfärdighet — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Swedish: händighet — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Telugu: నైపుణ్యము (naipuṇyamu) — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Ottoman Turkish: هنر (hüner) — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
• Ottoman Turkish: صنعت (sanʼat, zanʼat) — skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands