literacy

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɪtəɹəsi/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɪtɹəsi/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈlɪtəɹəsi/
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• Canada, General-American: [-ɾ(ə)ɹə-]
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈlɪtɹəsi/
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• Australian: /ˈlɪtɹəsi/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈlətəɹəsi/
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• New-Zealand: [ˈləɾəɹəsi]
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• New-Zealand: /ˈlətɹəsi/
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• CMU ARPABET: L IH1 T ER0 AH0 S IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From liter(ate) + -acy.

85 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مَحْو الْأُمِّيَّة (maḥw al-ʔummiyya) — ability to read and write
• Azerbaijani: savad — ability to read and write
• Catalan: alfabetisme — ability to read and write
• Chinese Mandarin: 認字 /认字 (rènzì) — ability to read and write
• Chinese Mandarin: 識字 /识字 (shízì) — ability to read and write
• Chinese Mandarin: 讀寫能力 /读写能力 (dúxiě nénglì) — ability to read and write
• Czech: gramotnost — ability to read and write
• Danish: læsefærdighed — ability to read and write
• Danish: skrivefærdighed — ability to read and write
• Dutch: alfabetisering — ability to read and write
• Dutch: alfabetisme — ability to read and write
• Finnish: luku- ja kirjoitustaito — ability to read and write
• Finnish: lukutaito — ability to read and write
• French: littératie — ability to read and write
• French: littérisme — ability to read and write
• French: alphabétisme — ability to read and write
• Galician: alfabetización — ability to read and write
• Georgian: წერა-კითხვის უნარი (c̣era-ḳitxvis unari) — ability to read and write
• Georgian: წერა-კითხვის ცოდნა (c̣era-ḳitxvis codna) — ability to read and write
• Georgian: წერა-კითხვა (c̣era-ḳitxva) — ability to read and write
• German: Lese- und Schreibfähigkeit — ability to read and write
• Greek: αλφαβητισμός (alfavitismós) — ability to read and write
• Hebrew: אוֹרְיָנוּת (oryanút) — ability to read and write
• Hindi: साक्षरता (sākṣartā) — ability to read and write
• Hungarian: írástudás — ability to read and write
• Indonesian: literasi — ability to read and write
• Irish: litearthacht — ability to read and write
• Italian: alfabetismo — ability to read and write
• Italian: alfabetizzazione — ability to read and write
• Korean: 문해 (munhae) — ability to read and write
• Central Kurdish: خوێندەواری (xwêndewarî) — ability to read and write
• Macedonian: писменост (pismenost) — ability to read and write
• Malayalam: സാക്ഷരത (sākṣarata) — ability to read and write
• Iranian Persian: باسوادی (bâsavâdi) — ability to read and write
• Polish: piśmienność — ability to read and write
• Polish: alfabetyzm — ability to read and write
• Portuguese: alfabetização — ability to read and write
• Portuguese: alfabetismo — ability to read and write
• Portuguese: letramento — ability to read and write
• Portuguese: literacia — ability to read and write
• Romanian: alfabetizare — ability to read and write
• Romanian: alfabetism — ability to read and write
• Romanian: instruire — ability to read and write
• Romanian: școlire — ability to read and write
• Romanian: știință de carte — ability to read and write
• Russian: гра́мотность (grámotnostʹ) — ability to read and write
• Scottish Gaelic: litearrachd — ability to read and write
• Serbo-Croatian: писменост — ability to read and write
• Serbo-Croatian: pismenost — ability to read and write
• Spanish: alfabetismo — ability to read and write
• Spanish: alfabetización — ability to read and write
• Swedish: läskunnighet — ability to read and write
• Swedish: skrivkunnighet — ability to read and write
• Swedish: läs- och skrivkunnighet — ability to read and write
• Tagalog: kanulatan — ability to read and write
• Telugu: అక్షరాస్యత (akṣarāsyata) — ability to read and write
• Thai: การรู้หนังสือ — ability to read and write
• Turkish: okuryazarlık — ability to read and write
• Turkish: okuma yazma — ability to read and write
• Ukrainian: письме́нність (pysʹménnistʹ) — ability to read and write
• Ukrainian: гра́мотність (hrámotnistʹ) — ability to read and write
• Welsh: llythrennedd — ability to read and write
• Yoruba: mọ̀-ọ́nkọ-mọ̀-ọ́nkà — ability to read and write
• Azerbaijani: savad — understanding of something
• Chinese Mandarin: 能力 (nénglì) — understanding of something
• Chinese Mandarin: 素養 /素养 (sùyǎng) — understanding of something
• Czech: gramotnost — understanding of something
• Finnish: lukutaito — understanding of something
• French: compréhension — understanding of something
• Georgian: წიგნიერება (c̣igniereba) — understanding of something
• Georgian: მწიგნობრობა (mc̣ignobroba) — understanding of something
• Georgian: განათლებულობა (ganatlebuloba) — understanding of something
• Georgian: გათვიცნობიერებულობა (gatvicnobierebuloba) — understanding of something
• German: Kenntnisse — understanding of something
• German: Bildung — understanding of something
• Greek: γνώση (gnósi) — understanding of something
• Hebrew: אוֹרְיָנוּת (oryanút) — understanding of something
• Hindi: साक्षरता (sākṣartā) — understanding of something
• Indonesian: literasi — understanding of something
• Russian: гра́мотность (grámotnostʹ) — understanding of something
• Scottish Gaelic: litearrachd — understanding of something
• Serbo-Croatian: писменост — understanding of something
• Serbo-Croatian: pismenost — understanding of something
• Spanish: cultura — understanding of something
• Spanish: competencia — understanding of something