aptitude

Middle French aptitude, from Medieval Latin aptitudo, from Latin aptus (“apt, fit”). Synchronically, apt +‎ -itude. Doublet of attitude.

• IPA^(key): /ˈæptɪˌtjuːd/

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aptitude (countable and uncountable, plural aptitudes)

1. Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.

   Synonyms: talent, knack; see also Thesaurus:skill

2. The condition of being suitable.

   Synonyms: appropriateness, suitability

• aptitude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• aptitude in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

From Medieval Latin aptitūdō.

• IPA^(key): /ap.ti.tyd/

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aptitude f (plural aptitudes)

1. aptitude

• apte

• “aptitude”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.