literacy definition

English

Etymology

From literate + -cy.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪt.ɹə.si/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪt.əɹ.ə.si/
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Noun

literacy (countable and uncountable, plural literacies)

The ability to read and write.
The ability to understand and evaluate something.
computer literacy; media literacy

Antonyms

illiteracy

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

ability to read and write

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Azerbaijani: savad (az)
Catalan: alfabetisme (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 認字 (zh), 认字 (zh) (rènzì), 識字 (zh), 识字 (zh) (shízì), 讀寫能力 (zh), 读写能力 (zh) (dúxiě nénglì)
Czech: gramotnost f
Dutch: alfabetisering (nl), alfabetisme (nl)
Finnish: luku- ja kirjoitustaito, lukutaito (fi)
French: littératie (fr), littérisme (fr), alphabétisme (fr) m
Galician: alfabetización (gl) f
Georgian: წერა-კითხვის უნარი (c̣era-ḳitxvis unari), წერა-კითხვის ცოდნა (c̣era-ḳitxvis codna), წერა-კითხვა (c̣era-ḳitxva)
German: Lese- und Schreibfähigkeit f
Greek: αλφαβητισμός (el) m (alfavitismós)
Hebrew: אוריינות‎ (he) f (orianút)
Hungarian: írástudás
Indonesian: literasi (id)
Irish: litearthacht f
Italian: alfabetismo (it) m, alfabetizzazione (it) f

Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: خوێندەواری‎ (xwêndewarî)
Macedonian: писменост f (pismenost)
Polish: piśmienność f, alfabetyzm m
Portuguese: alfabetização (pt) f, alfabetismo m, letramento (pt) m, literacia (pt) f
Romanian: alfabetizare (ro) f, alfabetism n, instruire (ro) f, școlire (ro) f, știință de carte (ro) f
Russian: гра́мотность (ru) f (grámotnostʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: litearrachd f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: писменост f

Roman: pismenost (sh) f
Spanish: alfabetismo m
Tagalog: kanulatan
Telugu: అక్షరాస్యత (akṣarāsyata)
Thai: การรู้หนังสือ (th)
Turkish: okuryazarlık (tr)
Ukrainian: письме́нність (uk) f (pysʹménnistʹ), гра́мотність (uk) f (hrámotnistʹ)
Welsh: llythrennedd (cy) m

understanding of something

Azerbaijani: savad (az)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 能力 (zh) (nénglì)
Czech: gramotnost f
Finnish: lukutaito (fi)
French: compréhension (fr) f
Georgian: წიგნიერება (c̣igniereba), მწიგნობრობა (mc̣ignobroba), განათლებულობა (ganatlebuloba), გათვიცნობიერებულობა (gatvicnobierebuloba)
German: Kenntnisse (de) f pl, Bildung (de) f

Greek: γνώση (el) f (gnósi)
Hebrew: אוריינות‎ (he) f (orianút)
Indonesian: literasi (id)
Russian: гра́мотность (ru) f (grámotnostʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: litearrachd f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: писменост f

Roman: pismenost (sh) f
Spanish: cultura (es) f, competencia (es) f

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