capacity
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kap-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti
Proto-Italic *kapjō
Old Latin kapiō
Latin capiō
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂-k-s
Proto-Italic *-āks
Latin -āx
Latin capāx
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Proto-Italic *-tāts
Latin -tās
Latin capācitāsder.
Old French capacitebor.
Middle English capacite
English capacity
From Middle English capacite, from Old French capacite, from Latin capācitās, from capāx (“able to hold much”), from capiō (“to hold, to contain, to take, to understand”).
Inflected forms:
form: capacities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The ability to hold, receive, or absorb.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A measure of such ability; volume.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A measure of such ability; volume.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: It was hauling a capacity load.
The orchestra played to a capacity crowd.
A factory operating at less than full capacity.
gloss: Capability; the ability to perform some task.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Surprisingly few men are lacking in capacity, but they fail because they are lacking in application. Either they never learn how to work, or, having learned, they are too indolent to apply themselves with the seriousness and the attention that is necessary to solve important problems.
gloss: The maximum that can be produced.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The maximum that can be produced.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Its capacity rating was 150 tons per hour, but its actual maximum capacity was 200 tons per hour.
gloss: The potential for growth and development.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The potential for growth and development.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A role; the position in which one functions.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A role; the position in which one functions.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Electrical capacitance.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Filling the allotted space.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Related words: capac
capacitance
capacitate
capacitation
capacitive
capacitor
capacious
Derived words: ampacity
biocapacity
breaking capacity
capacity planning
capacity utilization
capacity utilization rate
carrying capacity
cubic capacity
diminished capacity
field capacity
finite capacity planning
heat capacity
incapacity
legal capacity
lung capacity
molar heat capacity
overcapacity
pseudocapacity
Shannon capacity
specific heat capacity
subcapacity
supercapacity
supracapacity
uncapacity
vital capacity
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: nxënësi
lang: Albanian
word: kapacitet
lang: Arabic
word: سِعَة
roman: siʕa
lang: Belarusian
word: ёмістасць
roman: jómistascʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: ёмасць
roman: jómascʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: умяшча́льнасць
roman: umjaščálʹnascʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: пако́ўнасць
roman: pakównascʹ
lang: Bengali
word: আওকাত
roman: aōkat
lang: Bulgarian
word: вмести́мост
roman: vmestímost
lang: Bulgarian
word: капаците́т
roman: kapacitét
lang: Catalan
word: capacitat
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 容量
roman: róngliàng
lang: Danish
word: kapacitet
lang: Dutch
word: capaciteit
lang: Dutch
word: capaciteiten
lang: Finnish
word: kapasiteetti
lang: Finnish
word: vetävyys
lang: Finnish
word: tilavuus
lang: French
word: capacité
lang: Galician
word: capacidade
lang: German
word: Kapazität
lang: Greek
word: χωρητικότητα
roman: choritikótita
lang: Hindi
word: सामर्थ्य
roman: sāmarthya
lang: Hindi
word: क्षमता
roman: kṣamtā
lang: Indonesian
word: kapasitas
lang: Irish
word: acmhainn
lang: Italian
word: tenuta
lang: Italian
word: resistenza
lang: Italian
word: capacità
lang: Italian
word: capienza
lang: Japanese
word: 容量
roman: yōryō
lang: Korean
word: 용량
roman: yongnyang
lang: Korean
word: 수용력
roman: suyongnyeok
lang: Latin
word: capācitās
lang: Malay
word: isian
lang: Malay
word: muatan
lang: Malay
word: kapasiti
lang: Māori
word: kītanga
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: kapasitet
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: kapasitet
lang: Occitan
word: capacitat
lang: Polish
word: pojemność
lang: Portuguese
word: capacidade
lang: Romanian
word: capacitate
lang: Russian
word: ёмкость
roman: jómkostʹ
lang: Russian
word: вмести́мость
roman: vmestímostʹ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: nosivost
lang: Spanish
word: capacidad
lang: Spanish
word: cabida
lang: Spanish
word: cabimiento
lang: Spanish
word: cupo
lang: Spanish
word: aforo
lang: Swedish
word: kapacitet
lang: Telugu
word: సామర్థ్యం
roman: sāmarthyaṁ
lang: Turkish
word: kapasite
lang: Ukrainian
word: є́мність
roman: jémnistʹ
lang: Ukrainian
word: мі́сткість
roman: místkistʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: прадукцы́йнасць
roman: pradukcýjnascʹ
lang: Bulgarian
word: производи́телност
roman: proizvodítelnost
lang: Finnish
word: tuotantokyky
lang: Finnish
word: kapasiteetti
lang: Greek
word: απόδοση
roman: apódosi
lang: Hindi
word: क्षमता
roman: kṣamtā
lang: Hindi
word: सामर्थ्य
roman: sāmarthya
lang: Hungarian
word: kapacitás
lang: Italian
word: capacità
lang: Korean
word: 생산력
roman: saengsallyeok
lang: Māori
word: kītanga
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: kapasitet
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: kapasitet
lang: Portuguese
word: capacidade
lang: Romanian
word: capacitate
lang: Russian
word: производи́тельность
roman: proizvodítelʹnostʹ
lang: Spanish
word: capacidad
lang: Swedish
word: kapacitet
lang: Ukrainian
word: поту́жність
roman: potúžnistʹ
lang: Ukrainian
word: продукти́вність
roman: produktývnistʹ
lang: Azerbaijani
word: qisim
lang: Belarusian
word: кампетэ́нтнасць
roman: kampjeténtnascʹ
lang: Bulgarian
word: компете́нтност
roman: kompeténtnost
lang: Dutch
word: hoedanigheid
lang: Finnish
word: tehtävä
lang: Finnish
word: asema
lang: French
word: qualité
lang: Greek
word: θέση
roman: thési
lang: Greek
word: ιδιότητα
roman: idiótita
lang: Hungarian
word: minőség
lang: Irish
word: feidhmeannas
lang: Italian
word: qualità
lang: Korean
word: 지위
roman: jiwi
lang: Polish
word: stanowisko
lang: Portuguese
word: capacidade
lang: Russian
word: компете́нтность
roman: kompeténtnostʹ
lang: Ukrainian
word: компете́нція
roman: kompeténcija
lang: Ukrainian
word: компете́нтність
roman: kompeténtnistʹ
lang: Urdu
word: حَیثِیَت
roman: haisiyat