efficacia
Interlingua
Noun
efficacia (uncountable)
- efficacy
Italian
Etymology
From Latin efficācia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ef.fiˈka.t͡ʃa/
- Rhymes: -atʃa
- Hyphenation: ef‧fi‧cà‧cia
Noun
efficacia f (plural efficacie)
- effectiveness
- efficacy
Related terms
- efficace
Latin
Etymology
efficāx + -ia
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ef.fiˈkaː.ki.a/, [ɛfːɪˈkäːkiä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ef.fiˈka.t͡ʃi.a/, [efːiˈkäːt͡ʃiä]
Noun
efficācia f (genitive efficāciae); first declension
- efficacy, effectiveness, efficiency
- virtue
- power
- Synonyms: ops, fortitūdō, valētūdō, capācitās
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | efficācia | efficāciae |
| Genitive | efficāciae | efficāciārum |
| Dative | efficāciae | efficāciīs |
| Accusative | efficāciam | efficāciās |
| Ablative | efficāciā | efficāciīs |
| Vocative | efficācia | efficāciae |
Descendants
- Catalan: eficàcia
- Italian: efficacia
- Portuguese: eficácia
- Spanish: eficacia
Adjective
efficācia
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of efficāx
References
- “efficacia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- efficacia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- efficacia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette