skill

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From Middle English skill, skille (also schil, schile), from Old Norse skil (“a distinction, discernment, knowledge”), from Proto-Germanic *skilją (“separation, limit”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, cut”). Cognate with Danish skel (“a separation, boundary, divide”), Swedish skäl (“reason”), Dutch verschil (“difference”) and schillen (“to separate the outer layer (schil) from the product”, verb).

From Middle English skilen (also schillen), partly from Old English scilian (“to separate, part, divide off”); and partly from Old Norse skilja (“to divide, separate”); both from Proto-Germanic *skilōną, *skiljaną (“to divide, limit”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, cut”). Cognate with Danish skille (“to separate, discard”), Swedish skilja (“to distinguish, differentiate, part”), Icelandic skilja (“to understand”), Low German schelen (“to make a difference; to be squint-eyed”), Dutch schelen (“to make a difference”).

156 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: vaardigheid — capacity to do something well
• Albanian: aftësi — capacity to do something well
• Arabic: مَهَارَة (mahāra) — capacity to do something well
• Armenian: հմտություն (hmtutʻyun) — capacity to do something well
• Armenian: ունակություն (unakutʻyun) — capacity to do something well
• Basque: ahal — capacity to do something well
• Belarusian: уме́нне (umjénnje) — capacity to do something well
• Belarusian: уме́льства (umjélʹstva) — capacity to do something well
• Belarusian: майстэ́рства (majstérstva) — capacity to do something well
• Belarusian: на́вык (návyk) — capacity to do something well
• Bulgarian: уме́ние (uménie) — capacity to do something well
• Bulgarian: вещина (veština) — capacity to do something well
• Bulgarian: сръчност (srǎčnost) — capacity to do something well
• Catalan: habilitat — capacity to do something well
• Catalan: destresa — capacity to do something well
• Chinese Mandarin: 技巧 (jìqiǎo) — capacity to do something well
• Chinese Mandarin: 技能 (jìnéng) — capacity to do something well
• Chinese Mandarin: 技術 /技术 (jìshù) — capacity to do something well
• Czech: schopnost — capacity to do something well
• Danish: færdighed — capacity to do something well
• Danish: evne — capacity to do something well
• Danish: kundskab — capacity to do something well
• Dutch: bekwaamheid — capacity to do something well
• Dutch: vaardigheid — capacity to do something well
• Esperanto: bravuro — capacity to do something well
• Esperanto: lerteco lerto — capacity to do something well
• Estonian: oskus — capacity to do something well
• Faroese: kynstur — capacity to do something well
• Faroese: kunstur — capacity to do something well
• Faroese: hegni — capacity to do something well
• Faroese: fimi — capacity to do something well
• Finnish: taito — capacity to do something well
• Finnish: kyky — capacity to do something well
• French: habileté — capacity to do something well
• French: compétence — capacity to do something well
• French: don — capacity to do something well
• French: capacité — capacity to do something well
• Galician: habilidade — capacity to do something well
• Galician: habelencia — capacity to do something well
• Galician: maña — capacity to do something well
• Galician: xeito — capacity to do something well
• Galician: doén — capacity to do something well
• Galician: despexo — capacity to do something well
• Galician: chencha — capacity to do something well
• Galician: azareña — capacity to do something well
• Galician: destrez — capacity to do something well
• German: Fähigkeit — capacity to do something well
• German: Fertigkeit — capacity to do something well
• German: Geschicklichkeit — capacity to do something well
• Greek: επιδεξιότητα (epidexiótita) — capacity to do something well
• Greek: δεξιοτεχνία (dexiotechnía) — capacity to do something well
• Greek: ικανότητα (ikanótita) — capacity to do something well
• Hebrew: מְיֻמָּנוּת (meyumanút) — capacity to do something well
• Hebrew: כִּשּׁוּרִים (kishurím) — capacity to do something well
• Hindi: कुशलता (kuśaltā) — capacity to do something well
• Hindi: कौशल (kauśal) — capacity to do something well
• Hindi: निपुणता (nipuṇtā) — capacity to do something well
• Hindi: महारत (mahārat) — capacity to do something well
• Hungarian: ügyesség — capacity to do something well
• Hungarian: hozzáértés — capacity to do something well
• Icelandic: leikni — capacity to do something well
• Icelandic: færni — capacity to do something well
• Indonesian: kemampuan — capacity to do something well
• Indonesian: keahlian — capacity to do something well
• Interlingua: habilitate — capacity to do something well
• Interlingua: talento — capacity to do something well
• Irish: scil — capacity to do something well
• Italian: abilità — capacity to do something well
• Italian: capacità — capacity to do something well
• Italian: competenza — capacity to do something well
• Japanese: 腕 (ude) — capacity to do something well
• Japanese: 技 (waza) — capacity to do something well
• Japanese: 技能 (ginō) — capacity to do something well
• Japanese: 技巧 (gikou) — capacity to do something well
• Japanese: 技術 (gijutsu) — capacity to do something well
• Japanese: スキル (sukiru) — capacity to do something well
• Korean: 기술 (gisul) — capacity to do something well
• Korean: 스킬 (seukil) — capacity to do something well
• Latin: habilitas — capacity to do something well
• Latin: perītia — capacity to do something well
• Latin: sollertia — capacity to do something well
• Latin: potestās — capacity to do something well
• Latin: potentia — capacity to do something well
• Latin: ars — capacity to do something well
• Latvian: prasme — capacity to do something well
• Latvian: iemaņas — capacity to do something well
• Lithuanian: įgūdis — capacity to do something well
• Lü: ᦞᦲᧉᦌᦱ (vii2saa) — capacity to do something well
• Macedonian: вештина (veština) — capacity to do something well
• Malay: kemahiran — capacity to do something well
• Malay: skil — capacity to do something well
• Maltese: sengħa — capacity to do something well
• Marathi: कौशल्य (kauśalya) — capacity to do something well
• Khiamniungan Naga: vāimūa — capacity to do something well
• Norman: agenceté — capacity to do something well
• Norwegian Bokmål: dyktighet — capacity to do something well
• Norwegian Bokmål: evne — capacity to do something well
• Norwegian Bokmål: ferdighet — capacity to do something well
• Norwegian Bokmål: talent — capacity to do something well
• Norwegian Bokmål: dugleik — capacity to do something well
• Norwegian Nynorsk: dugleik — capacity to do something well
• Norwegian Nynorsk: dyktigheit — capacity to do something well
• Norwegian Nynorsk: evne — capacity to do something well
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ferdigheit — capacity to do something well
• Norwegian Nynorsk: talent — capacity to do something well
• Occitan: abiletat — capacity to do something well
• Old English: cræft — capacity to do something well
• Persian: مهارت (mahârat) — capacity to do something well
• Persian: اروین (arvin) — capacity to do something well
• Polish: umiejętność — capacity to do something well
• Portuguese: habilidade — capacity to do something well
• Portuguese: talento — capacity to do something well
• Romanian: abilitate — capacity to do something well
• Romanian: pricepere — capacity to do something well
• Romanian: talent — capacity to do something well
• Russian: уме́ние (uménije) — capacity to do something well
• Russian: на́вык (návyk) — capacity to do something well
• Russian: мастерство́ (masterstvó) — capacity to do something well
• Russian: сноро́вка (snoróvka) — capacity to do something well
• Russian: иску́сство (iskússtvo) — capacity to do something well
• Russian: спосо́бность (sposóbnostʹ) — capacity to do something well
• Russian: тала́нт (talánt) — capacity to do something well
• Russian: дар (dar) — capacity to do something well
• Serbo-Croatian: вештина — capacity to do something well
• Serbo-Croatian: вјештина — capacity to do something well
• Serbo-Croatian: veština — capacity to do something well
• Serbo-Croatian: vještina — capacity to do something well
• Slovak: schopnosť — capacity to do something well
• Slovene: spretnost — capacity to do something well
• Slovene: veščina — capacity to do something well
• Spanish: destreza — capacity to do something well
• Spanish: habilidad — capacity to do something well
• Spanish: maña — capacity to do something well
• Spanish: talento — capacity to do something well
• Spanish: primor — capacity to do something well
• Spanish: pericia — capacity to do something well
• Swedish: färdighet — capacity to do something well
• Swedish: skicklighet — capacity to do something well
• Tamil: திறன் (tiṟaṉ) — capacity to do something well
• Telugu: నేర్పు (nērpu) — capacity to do something well
• Telugu: నిపుణత (nipuṇata) — capacity to do something well
• Tocharian B: epastyäññe — capacity to do something well
• Turkish: beceri — capacity to do something well
• Turkish: maharet — capacity to do something well
• Turkish: marifet — capacity to do something well
• Turkish: ustalık — capacity to do something well
• Turkish: yetenek — capacity to do something well
• Turkish: kabiliyet — capacity to do something well
• Turkish: hüner — capacity to do something well
• Ottoman Turkish: صنعت (sanʼat, zanʼat) — capacity to do something well
• Ottoman Turkish: هنر (hüner) — capacity to do something well
• Udmurt: ӧнер (öńer) — capacity to do something well
• Ukrainian: вмі́ння (vmínnja) — capacity to do something well
• Ukrainian: майсте́рство (majstérstvo) — capacity to do something well
• Ukrainian: на́вик (návyk) — capacity to do something well
• Volapük: skil — capacity to do something well