acuity

English

Etymology

From Middle English acuite, acuyte, from Middle French acuité, from Medieval Latin acuitas, irreg., from Latin acuō (“sharpen”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈkjuːɪti/
Audio (UK) (file)

Noun

acuity (plural acuities)

Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.
The ability to think, see, or hear clearly.
The old woman with dementia lost her mental acuity.

Derived terms

visual acuity

Related terms

acute
acutance
acuteness
acuition

Translations

sharpness or acuteness

Chinese:
Mandarin: 銳利／锐利 (zh) (ruìlì), 尖銳／尖锐 (zh) (jiānruì), 敏銳／敏锐 (zh) (mǐnruì)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: scherpte (nl) f
Esperanto: sagaceco
Finnish: terävyys (fi)
French: acuité (fr) f
Galician: acuidade (gl) f
German: Schärfe (de) f
Greek: οξυδέρκεια (el) f (oxydérkeia)
Italian: acutezza (it) f
Polish: ostrość (pl) f
Portuguese: acuidade (pt) f
Romanian: acuitate (ro) f
Russian: острота́ (ru) f (ostrotá), ре́зкость (ru) f (rézkostʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: oštrina (sh) f, akuitet m
Spanish: acuidad (es) f, agudeza (es) f
Swedish: skärpa (sv) c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Catalan: ^{(please verify)} percepció (ca) f
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} scherpzinnigheid (nl)
French: ^{(please verify)} perception (fr) f
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} discernere (ro), ^{(please verify)} percepere (ro), ^{(please verify)} sesizare (ro)