competent
English
/ˈkɒmpətənt/
adj
Definitions
- Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications.
- (legal) Having jurisdiction or authority over a particular issue or question.
- Adequate for the purpose
- (biology) Permeable to foreign DNA.
- (geology) Resistant to deformation or flow.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English competent borrowed from Old French competent derived from Latin competens, competentem.
Origin
Latin
competens, competentem
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- angiocompetent English
- chemocompetent English
- competently English
- competentness English
- dyscompetent English
- electrocompetent English
- fibrocompetent English
- hypercompetent English
- immunocompetent English
- melanocompetent English
- multicompetent English
- neurocompetent English
- noncompetent English
- omnicompetent English
- osmocompetent English
- osteocompetent English
- precompetent English
- retrocompetent English
- rhizocompetent English
- supercompetent English
- thermocompetent English
- ultracompetent English
- competens Latin
- competens, competentem Latin
- competēns Latin
- kompetent German
- competente Italian
- competent Dutch, Flemish
- incompetent Dutch, Flemish
- compétent French
- immunocompétent French
- competente Spanish, Castilian
- kompetent Norwegian Bokmål
- competente Portuguese
- kompetent Norwegian Nynorsk
- competent Middle English
- kompetent Danish
- competent Old French
- kompetenta Esperanto
- kompetentulo Esperanto
- nekompetenta Esperanto
- competent Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- competent Middle Dutch
- kompetenta Ido
- kompetent Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- competently
- noncompetent
- dyscompetent
- precompetent
- osmocompetent
- competentness
- omnicompetent
- chemocompetent
- ultracompetent
- angiocompetent
- neurocompetent
- hypercompetent
- multicompetent
- rhizocompetent
- retrocompetent
- fibrocompetent
- osteocompetent
- supercompetent
- immunocompetent
- thermocompetent
- melanocompetent
- electrocompetent