potency

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin potentia.

Noun

potency (countable and uncountable, plural potencies)

Strength
Power
The ability or capacity to perform something.

Related terms

Translations

strength

Finnish: voima (fi)
Galician: potencia f

Polish: potencja (pl) f
Romanian: potență (ro) f

power

Finnish: valta (fi)
Galician: potencia f
Greek:
Ancient: δύναμις f (dúnamis)

Latin: potestās (la) f
Polish: potencja (pl) f
Romanian: potență (ro) f, putere (ro) f

ability or capacity to perform

Finnish: kyky (fi), potenssi (fi)
Galician: potencia f
Malay: potensi

Polish: potencja (pl) f
Romanian: putință (ro) f
Spanish: potencia (es) f

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Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} יכולת‎ (he) f

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