"efficient" in seven languages
Meaningefficient
Spanish
eficiente
/efiˈθjente/
learned
French
efficace
/efikas/
other source · Latin EFFICĀCEM 'effective' (learned)
Efficient exists in French, but efficace is the everyday word for both efficient and effective.
Italian
efficiente
/effiˈtʃɛnte/
learned
Portuguese
eficiente
/efisiˈẽtʃi/
learned
Romanian
eficient
/efitʃiˈent/
borrowed · French efficient
Catalan
eficient
/əfisiˈen/
learned
English
efficient
/ɪˈfɪʃənt/
from Latin/French · Latin EFFICIENTEM
English → ItalianefficientefficienteCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
EFFICIENTEM‘bringing about (EFFICERE 'to accomplish')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Learned words from EFFICERE 'to work out' everywhere. French prefers efficace, which also covers English effective; Spanish eficaz and Italian efficace are its counterparts.
English relatives: efficiency, effect, efficacy
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In a sentence
- esEsta estufa es muy eficiente.
- frCe radiateur est très efficace.
- itQuesta stufa è molto efficiente.
- ptEste aquecedor é muito eficiente.
- roÎncălzitorul acesta e foarte eficient.
- caAquesta estufa és molt eficient.
- enThis heater is very efficient.
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