Incapacité

Part of Speech

noun

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Translations

🇩🇪 Unfähigkeit , 🇪🇸 incapacidad , 🇮🇹 incapacità: impossibilità o mancanza di capacità , 🇵🇹 incapacidade , 🇨🇳 无能力 , 🇯🇵 障碍 , 🇰🇷 무능력 , 🇸🇦 عدم قدر , 🇮🇳 अक्षमता

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Etymology

The French noun **incapacité** comes from the late‑15th‑century French *incapacitée*, borrowed from Latin *in‑capacitas*. It combines the Latin prefix *in-* “not” with *capacitas* “capacity”, itself derived from *capax* “able, capable” (from *capere* “to take”). The term entered French in the 17th century, retaining the sense “lack of ability or competence.”

Synonyms

impuissance inaptitude incompétence déficience faiblesse limitation insuffisance

Antonyms

capacité aptitude compétence habilité maîtrise