Meanings
plural proficiencies · alternative proficience
- countableuncountableAbility, skill, competence.
a test of proficiency in English
2 more examples
to attain (or to reach) proficiency
But Pirates! comes with all the usual Aardman strengths intact, particularly the sense that its characters and creators alike are too good-hearted and sweet to nitpick. The ambition is all in the craft rather than in the storytelling, but it’s hard to say no to the proficiency of that craft, or the mild good cheer behind it.
2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 28 May 2013Synonyms: ability, command, competence, skill
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAbility, skill, competence.
More synonyms by meaning
nounskillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinprōficiēns
- Englishproficiency
From proficient or its etymon, Latin prōficiēns (present participle of prōficiō), + -ency.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic إِمْكَان
- إِمْكَان (ʔimkān)ability or skill
Bulgarian умение, опитност
- умение (umenie)ability or skill
- опитност (opitnost)ability or skill
Catalan habilitat, competència
- habilitatability or skill
- competènciaability or skill
Chinese Mandarin 水平, 熟練 /熟练
- 水平 (shuǐpíng)ability or skill
- 熟練 /熟练 (shúliàn)ability or skill
Dutch competentie, vakkundigheid
- competentieability or skill
- vakkundigheidability or skill
Finnish pätevyys, taitavuus
- pätevyysability or skill
- taitavuusability or skill
French compétence
- compétenceability or skill
German Kompetenz, Können
- Kompetenzability or skill
- Könnenability or skill
- Begabungability or skill
- Befähigungability or skill
- Fähigkeitability or skill
- Sachverständnisability or skill
- Sachkundeability or skill
- Beschlagenheitability or skill
- Fertigkeitability or skill
- Tüchtigkeitability or skill
- Leistungability or skill
Hebrew בקיאות
- בקיאותability or skill
Hindi प्रवीणता, कुशलता
- प्रवीणता (pravīṇtā)ability or skill
- कुशलता (kuśaltā)ability or skill
Italian abilità, perizia
- abilitàability or skill
- periziaability or skill
- competenzaability or skill
- conoscenzaability or skill
Japanese 上達, 習熟度
- 上達 (jyōtatsu)ability or skill
- 習熟度 (shūjukudo)ability or skill
- 習熟 (shūjuku)ability or skill
- 熟練度 (jukurendo)ability or skill
- 熟練 (jukuren)ability or skill
Polish biegłość
- biegłośćability or skill
Portuguese proficiência, capacidade
- proficiênciaability or skill
- capacidadeability or skill
- competênciaability or skill
Romanian competență
- competențăability or skill
Russian уме́ние, спосо́бность
- уме́ние (uménije)ability or skill
- спосо́бность (sposóbnostʹ)ability or skill
- мастерство́ (masterstvó)ability or skill
- сноро́вка (snoróvka)ability or skill
- на́вык (návyk)ability or skill
Spanish suficiencia, pericia
- suficienciaability or skill
- periciaability or skill
- habilidadability or skill
- aptitudability or skill
- competenciaability or skill
- proficienciaability or skill
Swedish färdighet, kunskap
- färdighetability or skill
- kunskapability or skill
- kunnighetability or skill
- begåvningability or skill
- skicklighetability or skill
Turkish ehliyet, yeterlilik
- ehliyetability or skill
- yeterlilikability or skill
- ustalıkability or skill
Cite this entry
proficiency. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proficiency
“proficiency.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proficiency. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “proficiency,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proficiency.
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