efficacy

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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛf.ɪ.kə.si/
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• Australian: /ˈef.ɪ.kə.si/
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• Australian: [ˈef.ɪ.kə.sɪi] cultivated
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• New-Zealand: /ˈef.ə.kə.si/
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From Old French efficace, from Late Latin efficācia (“efficacy”) (whence -acy), from efficāx (“efficacious”); see efficacious.

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: səmərə — ability to produce effect
• Azerbaijani: təsirlilik — ability to produce effect
• Bulgarian: де́йственост (déjstvenost) — ability to produce effect
• Catalan: eficàcia — ability to produce effect
• Chinese Mandarin: 功效 (gōngxiào) — ability to produce effect
• Chinese Mandarin: 效力 (xiàolì) — ability to produce effect
• Chinese Mandarin: 效能 (xiàonéng) — ability to produce effect
• Chinese Mandarin: 效驗 /效验 (xiàoyàn) — ability to produce effect
• Chinese Mandarin: 藥效 /药效 (yàoxiào) — ability to produce effect
• Chinese Mandarin: 療效 /疗效 (liáoxiào) — ability to produce effect
• Czech: efektivnost — ability to produce effect
• Czech: účinnost — ability to produce effect
• Dutch: doeltreffendheid — ability to produce effect
• Esperanto: efikeco — ability to produce effect
• Finnish: tehokkuus — ability to produce effect
• French: efficience — ability to produce effect
• French: efficacité — ability to produce effect
• German: Wirksamkeit — ability to produce effect
• German: Wirkungsvermögen — ability to produce effect
• German: Wirkvermögen — ability to produce effect
• German: Wirkungsfähigkeit — ability to produce effect
• German: Wirkfähigkeit — ability to produce effect
• Ancient Greek: δρᾶσις (drâsis) — ability to produce effect
• Hungarian: hatékonyság — ability to produce effect
• Indonesian: khasiat — ability to produce effect
• Indonesian: kemanjuran — ability to produce effect
• Indonesian: keampuhan — ability to produce effect
• Indonesian: efikasi — ability to produce effect
• Interlingua: efficacia — ability to produce effect
• Italian: efficacia — ability to produce effect
• Japanese: 有効性 (yūkōsei) — ability to produce effect
• Latin: efficacitas — ability to produce effect
• Polish: efektywność — ability to produce effect
• Polish: skuteczność — ability to produce effect
• Portuguese: eficácia — ability to produce effect
• Romanian: eficacitate — ability to produce effect
• Russian: эффекти́вность (effektívnostʹ) — ability to produce effect
• Russian: де́йственность (déjstvennostʹ) — ability to produce effect
• Slovak: efektívnosť — ability to produce effect
• Slovene: učinkovitost — ability to produce effect
• Spanish: eficacia — ability to produce effect
• Swedish: effektivitet — ability to produce effect
• Ukrainian: ефекти́вність (efektývnistʹ) — ability to produce effect
• Ukrainian: діє́вість (dijévistʹ) — ability to produce effect
• German: Wirkungsgrad — degree of ability to produce a desired effect