aptitude
French, noun/ap.ti.tyd/
aptitude is spelled A-P-T-I-T-U-D-E (8 letters) and appears 4.4 times per million words in written French, the 12,326th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aptitude is a French feminine noun meaning “aptitude” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Capacité, compétence, disposition naturelle à faire quelque chose”.
What does aptitude mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineaptitude
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Capacité, compétence, disposition naturelle à faire quelque chose. 2. Compétence à recevoir un legs.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of aptitude
- aptitudes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aptitude?
- /ap.ti.tyd/
- \ap.ti.tyd\
- [ap.ti.tyd]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aptitude
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aptitude in French?
aptitude appears 4.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).