Phrase guide

human capital

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The stock of competencies, knowledge, habits, social and personality attributes, including creativity, cognitive abilities, embodied in the ability to perform labor so as to produce economic value.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: economics, sciences

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Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: մարդկային կապիտալ (mardkayin kapital) — stock of competencies
  • Chinese Mandarin: 人力資本 /人力资本 (rénlì zīběn) — stock of competencies
  • Chinese Mandarin: 人力资本 (rénlì zīběn) — stock of competencies
  • Czech: lidský kapitál — stock of competencies
  • Esperanto: homa kapitalo — stock of competencies
  • Finnish: henkinen pääoma — stock of competencies
  • Finnish: inhimillinen pääoma — stock of competencies
  • French: capital humain — stock of competencies
  • German: Humankapital — stock of competencies
  • Icelandic: mannauður — stock of competencies
  • Indonesian: modal insani — stock of competencies
  • Italian: capitale umano — stock of competencies
  • Malay: modal insan — stock of competencies
  • Polish: kapitał ludzki — stock of competencies
  • Portuguese: capital humano — stock of competencies
  • Russian: челове́ческий капита́л (čelovéčeskij kapitál) — stock of competencies
  • Slovak: ľudský kapitál — stock of competencies
  • Slovene: človeški kapital — stock of competencies
  • Spanish: capital humano — stock of competencies
  • Swahili: mtaji wa watu — stock of competencies
  • Swedish: humankapital — stock of competencies
  • Turkish: beşeri sermaye — stock of competencies
  • Ukrainian: людськи́й капіта́л (ljudsʹkýj kapitál) — stock of competencies