"efficacy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɛf.ɪ.kə.si/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-efficacy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: efficacies [plural]
Etymology: From Old French efficace, from Late Latin efficācia (“efficacy”), from efficāx (“efficacious”); see efficacious. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|efficace}} Old French efficace, {{der|en|LL.|efficācia||efficacy}} Late Latin efficācia (“efficacy”), {{m|la|efficāx||efficacious}} efficāx (“efficacious”), {{m|en|efficacious}} efficacious Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} efficacy (usually uncountable, plural efficacies)
  1. Ability to produce a desired effect under ideal testing conditions. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-efficacy-en-noun-ZP~Y7rr4
  2. Degree of ability to produce a desired effect; effectiveness. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (degree of ability to produce a desired effect): Wirkungsgrad [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-efficacy-en-noun-eyKiXKjN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -acy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 40 60 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -acy: 33 67 Disambiguation of 'degree of ability to produce a desired effect': 41 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: efficacity Derived forms: self-efficacy Translations (ability to produce effect): δρᾶσις (drâsis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), səmərə (Azerbaijani), təsirlilik (Azerbaijani), де́йственост (déjstvenost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), eficàcia [feminine] (Catalan), 功效 (gōngxiào) (Chinese Mandarin), 效力 (xiàolì) (Chinese Mandarin), 效能 (xiàonéng) (Chinese Mandarin), 效驗 (Chinese Mandarin), 效验 (xiàoyàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 藥效 (note: of medicine) (Chinese Mandarin), 药效 (yàoxiào) (Chinese Mandarin), 療效 (note: of therapy or treatment) (Chinese Mandarin), 疗效 (liáoxiào) (Chinese Mandarin), efektivnost [feminine] (Czech), účinnost [feminine] (Czech), doeltreffendheid (Dutch), efikeco (Esperanto), tehokkuus (Finnish), efficience [feminine] (French), efficacité [feminine] (French), Wirksamkeit [feminine] (German), Wirkungsvermögen [neuter] (German), Wirkvermögen [neuter] (German), Wirkungsfähigkeit [feminine] (German), Wirkfähigkeit [feminine] (German), hatékonyság (Hungarian), khasiat (Indonesian), kemanjuran (Indonesian), keampuhan (Indonesian), efikasi (Indonesian), efficacia (Interlingua), efficacia [feminine] (Italian), 有効性 (yūkōsei) (alt: ゆうこうせい) (Japanese), efficacitas [feminine] (Latin), efektywność [feminine] (Polish), skuteczność [feminine] (Polish), eficácia [feminine] (Portuguese), eficacitate [feminine] (Romanian), эффекти́вность (effektívnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), де́йственность (déjstvennostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), efektívnosť [feminine] (Slovak), eficacia [feminine] (Spanish), effektivitet [feminine] (Swedish)
Related terms: effect, effective, effectiveness, effectivity, effector, effectual, effectuate, efficacious, efficaciously, efficacity, efficiency, efficient Disambiguation of 'ability to produce effect': 52 48

Inflected forms

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      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1996, Moskovich, Patent application PCT/US1996/003658",
          "text": "Toothbrush with improved efficacy"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Degree of ability to produce a desired effect; effectiveness."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛf.ɪ.kə.si/"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "efficacity"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "word": "səmərə"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "word": "təsirlilik"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "déjstvenost",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "де́йственост"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eficàcia"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gōngxiào",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "word": "功效"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiàolì",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "word": "效力"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiàonéng",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "word": "效能"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "word": "效驗"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiàoyàn",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "word": "效验"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "note": "of medicine",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "word": "藥效"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yàoxiào",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "word": "药效"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "note": "of therapy or treatment",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "word": "療效"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "liáoxiào",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "word": "疗效"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "efektivnost"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "účinnost"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "word": "doeltreffendheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "word": "efikeco"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "word": "tehokkuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "efficience"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "efficacité"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Wirksamkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Wirkungsvermögen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Wirkvermögen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Wirkungsfähigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Wirkfähigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "drâsis",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "δρᾶσις"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "word": "hatékonyság"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "word": "khasiat"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "word": "kemanjuran"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "word": "keampuhan"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "word": "efikasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "word": "efficacia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "efficacia"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ゆうこうせい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yūkōsei",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "word": "有効性"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "efficacitas"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "efektywność"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "skuteczność"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eficácia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eficacitate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "effektívnostʹ",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "эффекти́вность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "déjstvennostʹ",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "де́йственность"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "efektívnosť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eficacia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ability to produce effect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "effektivitet"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "degree of ability to produce a desired effect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Wirkungsgrad"
    }
  ],
  "word": "efficacy"
}

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