Meanings
nounaptitude (countable and uncountable, plural aptitudes)
plural aptitudes
- countableuncountableA natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
She showed an early aptitude for mathematics.
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The test measures a student’s aptitude for language learning.
Synonyms: talent, knack, ability, technique, capacity, craft, capability, competency · Antonyms: ineptitude
- countableuncountableThe condition of being suitable.
Synonyms: appropriateness, fitness, suitability · Antonyms: ineptitude
- countableuncountableFor quotations using this term see Citations:aptitude.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
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Origin
- Latinaptus“apt, fit”
- Medieval Latinaptitudo
- Middle Frenchaptitude
- Englishaptitude
From Middle French aptitude, from Medieval Latin aptitudo, from Latin aptus (“apt, fit”). By surface analysis, apt + -itude. Doublet of attitude.
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Arabic اِسْتِعْدَاد, مَوْهِبَة
- اِسْتِعْدَاد (istiʕdād)natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
- مَوْهِبَة (mawhiba)natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
Bulgarian дарба, способност
- дарба (darba)natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
- способност (sposobnost)natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
Catalan aptitud
- aptitudnatural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
Chinese Mandarin 才能, 才幹 /才干
- 才能 (cáinéng)natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
- 才幹 /才干 (cáigàn)natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
- 資質 /资质 (zīzhì)natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
Czech vloha, předpoklad
- vlohanatural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
- předpokladnatural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
- schopnostnatural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
- talentnatural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
- nadánínatural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
- darnatural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
- nadáníthe condition of being suitable
- vlohathe condition of being suitable
- talentthe condition of being suitable
- schopnostthe condition of being suitable
Dutch aanleg
- aanlegnatural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
Finnish kyky, soveltuvuus
- kykynatural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
- soveltuvuusthe condition of being suitable
German Begabung, Eignung
- Begabungnatural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
- Eignungthe condition of being suitable
Hebrew כשרון, כושר
- כשרון, כושרnatural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
Irish éirimiúlacht
- éirimiúlachtnatural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
Italian attitudine
- attitudinenatural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
Japanese 才能, 素質
- 才能 (sainō)natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
- 素質 (soshitsu)natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
- 適度 (tekido)the condition of being suitable
- 適性 (tekisei)the condition of being suitable
- 適合 (tekigō)the condition of being suitable
- 向き (muki)the condition of being suitable
Korean 소질, 재능
- 소질 (sojil)natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
- 재능 (jaeneung)natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
- 적성 (jeokseong)the condition of being suitable
- 적합 (jeokhap)the condition of being suitable
Norwegian begavelse, egnethet
- begavelsenatural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
- egnethetthe condition of being suitable
Polish uzdolnienie
- uzdolnienienatural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
Portuguese aptidão, apetência
- aptidãonatural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
- apetêncianatural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
- aptidãothe condition of being suitable
Russian скло́нность, спосо́бность
- скло́нность (sklónnostʹ)natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
- спосо́бность (sposóbnostʹ)natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
- одарённость (odarjónnostʹ)natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
- предрасполо́женность (predraspolóžennostʹ)natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
- уме́стность (uméstnostʹ)the condition of being suitable
Spanish aptitud, capacidad
- aptitudnatural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
- capacidadnatural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
- convenienciathe condition of being suitable
Swedish begåvning, lämplighet
- begåvningnatural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
- lämplighetthe condition of being suitable
Tagalog aptitud
- aptitudnatural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
Turkish istidat, işe yarama
- istidatnatural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
- işe yaramathe condition of being suitable
- kabiliyetli olmathe condition of being suitable
- yetenekli olmathe condition of being suitable
Ukrainian схильність, здібність
- схильність (sxylʹnistʹ)natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
- здібність (zdibnistʹ)natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill
Cite this entry
APA
aptitude. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aptitude
MLA
“aptitude.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aptitude. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aptitude,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aptitude.
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