habileté

French

Etymology

From habile +‎ -eté, see also -ité.

Pronunciation

  • (mute h) IPA(key): /a.bil.te/
  • Audio (Paris):(file)
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Homophone: habiletés
  • Hyphenation: ha‧bile‧té

Noun

habileté f (plural habiletés)

  1. capacity of doing something well with hands; dexterity
  2. (figurative) skill, capacity to do a task well, not necessarily manual work

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