perspicacity

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• UK: /ˌpɜː.spɪˈkæs.ɪ.ti/
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From Middle French perspicacité (whence -acity) or directly from Latin perspicācitās (“sharpsightedness, discrimination”), from perspicāx (“sharp-sighted”), from perspicio, from per- + specio, "see through (something)".

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: проницателност (pronicatelnost) — Acute discernment or understanding; insight
• Catalan: perspicàcia — Acute discernment or understanding; insight
• Chinese Mandarin: 洞察力 (dongchali) — Acute discernment or understanding; insight
• Danish: skarpsindighed — Acute discernment or understanding; insight
• Dutch: verloop — Acute discernment or understanding; insight
• Esperanto: sagaco — Acute discernment or understanding; insight
• Finnish: tarkkanäköisyys — Acute discernment or understanding; insight
• French: perspicacité — Acute discernment or understanding; insight
• German: Weitblick — Acute discernment or understanding; insight
• German: Scharfsinn — Acute discernment or understanding; insight
• Greek: οξυδέρκεια (oxydérkeia) — Acute discernment or understanding; insight
• Hungarian: éleselméjű — Acute discernment or understanding; insight
• Indonesian: kecerdikan — Acute discernment or understanding; insight
• Italian: perspicacità — Acute discernment or understanding; insight
• Japanese: 洞察 (dōsatsu) — Acute discernment or understanding; insight
• Korean: 안식 (ansik) — Acute discernment or understanding; insight
• Latin: perspicācitās — Acute discernment or understanding; insight
• Latvian: vērīgums — Acute discernment or understanding; insight
• Lithuanian: nuovokumas — Acute discernment or understanding; insight
• Macedonian: прони́кливост (proníklivost) — Acute discernment or understanding; insight
• Persian: تدبیر، — Acute discernment or understanding; insight
• Polish: przenikliwość — Acute discernment or understanding; insight
• Portuguese: perspicácia — Acute discernment or understanding; insight
• Romanian: perspicacitate — Acute discernment or understanding; insight
• Russian: проница́тельность (pronicátelʹnostʹ) — Acute discernment or understanding; insight
• Slovak: prezieravosť — Acute discernment or understanding; insight
• Slovene: pronicljivost — Acute discernment or understanding; insight
• Spanish: perspicacia — Acute discernment or understanding; insight
• Swedish: klarsynthet — Acute discernment or understanding; insight
• Tagalog: talisik — Acute discernment or understanding; insight
• Tagalog: katalisikan — Acute discernment or understanding; insight
• Turkish: algı — Acute discernment or understanding; insight
• Turkish: idrak — Acute discernment or understanding; insight
• Ukrainian: проникливість (pronyklyvistʹ) — Acute discernment or understanding; insight
• Urdu: زیرکی — Acute discernment or understanding; insight
• Bulgarian: прозорливост (prozorlivost) — The human faculty or power to mentally grasp or understand clearly
• Esperanto: sagaco — The human faculty or power to mentally grasp or understand clearly
• German: Auffassungsgabe — The human faculty or power to mentally grasp or understand clearly
• German: Auffassungsvermögen — The human faculty or power to mentally grasp or understand clearly
• German: Scharfsinn — The human faculty or power to mentally grasp or understand clearly
• Macedonian: прони́кливост (proníklivost) — The human faculty or power to mentally grasp or understand clearly
• Russian: проница́тельность (pronicátelʹnostʹ) — The human faculty or power to mentally grasp or understand clearly
• Finnish: tarkkanäköisyys — Keen eyesight