habileté

Definitions of habileté
  1. noun
    the state of being cognitively skillful
    synonyms: adresse
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    inhabilité, maladresse
    a lack of cognitive skill
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    connaissances
    skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge
    maîtrise
    great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
    facilité
    skillful performance or ability without difficulty
    compétence, technique
    skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity
    professionnalisme
    the expertness characteristic of a professional person
    adresse
    deftness in handling matters
    adresse
    adroitness in using the hands
    coup de pinceau
    an artist's distinctive technique of applying paint with a brush
    tir au fusil
    the technique of using small arms (especially in battle)
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    état
    the way something is with respect to its main attributes
  2. noun
    deftness in handling matters
    synonyms: adresse
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    facilité
    skillful performance or ability without difficulty
  3. noun
    ability to produce solutions in some problem domain
    synonyms: adresse
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    virtuosité
    technical skill or fluency or style exhibited by a virtuoso
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    capacité
    possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done
  4. noun
    possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done
    synonyms: capacité
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    incapacité, incompétence
    lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something
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    mort
    the personification of death
    lilliputien
    a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift
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    know-how
    the (technical) knowledge and skill required to do something
    intelligence
    the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience
    aptitude, disposition, disposition naturelle, don, talent
    inherent ability
    capacité, performance
    the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
    capacité créatrice, créativité
    the ability to create
    adresse
    ability to produce solutions in some problem domain
    acquis
    an ability that has been acquired by training
    art, talent
    more than ordinary ability
    faculté
    one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
    sagesse
    ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight
    esprit
    mental ability
    largeur
    the capacity to understand a broad range of topics
    intellect
    knowledge and intellectual ability
    acuité, sagacité
    a quick and penetrating intelligence
    ingéniosité
    intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty
    perspicacité, subtilité
    intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)
    capacité, potentialité
    an aptitude that may be developed
    disposition naturelle
    ability that is inherited
    imagination
    the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
    conception
    the creation of something in the mind
    finesse, ingéniosité, inventivité
    the power of creative imagination
    virtuosité
    technical skill or fluency or style exhibited by a virtuoso
    capacité, compétence, compétence professionnelle, know-how
    skill in an occupation or trade
    art, talent
    a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation
    art de navigation
    skill in sailing
    attention, concentration
    the faculty or power of mental concentration
    langage
    the mental faculty or power of vocal communication
    mémoire
    the power of retaining and recalling past experience
    bon sens, intelligence, raison
    the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
    sens, sensation
    the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
    volonté
    the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
    méthode
    a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)
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    connaissance, savoir
    the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
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