skillful

English

Alternative forms

skilfull (obsolete)
(Commonwealth English) skilful

Etymology

From Middle English skilful, skylfull, scelvol, equivalent to skill +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈskɪl.fəl/, [ˈskɪɫ.fəɫ]
Rhymes: -ɪlfəl

Adjective

skillful (comparative more skillful, superlative most skillful) (American spelling)

Possessing skill; skilled.
she's a skillful mechanical
Requiring skill.
a skillful task

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Translations

possessing skill, skilled

Adyghe: фэӏаз (fɛʼaz)
Arabic: مَاهِر (māhir), حَاذِق (ḥāḏiq), بَارِع (ar) (bāriʕ)
Armenian: ճարտար (hy) (čartar)
Old Armenian: գէտ (gēt)
Basque: trebe
Bulgarian: сръчен (bg) (srǎčen), ловък (bg) (lovǎk), изкусен (bg) (izkusen)
Catalan: hàbil (ca), destre (ca)
Cebuano: maayo, hanas
Chinese:
Mandarin: 熟練／熟练 (zh) (shúliàn), 嫻熟／娴熟 (zh) (xiánshú), 擅長／擅长 (zh) (shàncháng)
Czech: dovedný (cs), obratný (cs), zručný, šikovný (cs)
Danish: skikket, behændig (da), dygtig (da)
Dutch: bedreven (nl), vaardig (nl), geschoold (nl), geschikt (nl), bekwaam (nl)
Esperanto: lerta
Finnish: taitava (fi), taidokas (fi), lahjakas (fi), etevä (fi)
French: habile (fr), adroit (fr)
Galician: xeitoso
Georgian: მოხერხებული (moxerxebuli), მარჯვე (marǯve), გაწაფული (gac̣apuli), ოსტატური (osṭaṭuri)
German: geschickt (de), gewandt (de)
Greek: επιδέξιος (el) (epidéxios)
Hindi: माहिर (hi) (māhir)
Hungarian: ügyes (hu)
Irish: sciliúil
Italian: esperto (it), destro (it), provetto (it), abile (it), pratico (it)
Japanese: 上手 (ja) (じょうず, jōzu), 上手な (ja) (じょうずな, jōzu na), 得意 (ja) (とくい, tokui), 熟練 (ja) (じゅくれん, jukuren), うまい (ja) (umai)
Kabardian: хуэӏаз (xʷɛʼaz)
Khmer: ជំនាញ (km) (cumniəñ)
Korean: 잘하다 (ko) (jalhada), 능숙하다 (neungsukhada), 수 있는 (su inneun) (follows a future determiner "-l" of verbs)
Lao: ເກັ່ງ (lo) (keng)
Latin: perītus, sollers
Latvian: veikls, izdarīgs, izmanīgs
Manx: aghtal
Maori: ringa rehe, kaiaka, raka
Mapudungun: trüf
Norman: scouotre, mannigat
Norwegian: skikket
Occitan: abil (oc)
Old English: cræftig
Persian: ماهر (fa) (mâher)
Portuguese: talentoso (pt), habilidoso (pt)
Romanian: priceput (ro)
Russian: иску́сный (ru) (iskúsnyj), уме́лый (ru) (umélyj), (dexterous) ло́вкий (ru) (lóvkij)
Sanskrit: ऋभु (sa) (ṛbhu)
Scots: canny, handy, knackie
Scottish Gaelic: làmhach, teòma, sgileil
Shan: ၵတ်ႉၶႅၼ်ႇ (kâ̰t khèn)
Spanish: ducho (es), hábil (es), habilidoso (es), mañoso (es)
Swedish: skicklig (sv)
Tajik: моҳир (tg) (mohir)
Telugu: ఆరితేరిన (āritērina), చేయితిరిగిన (cēyitirigina)
Thai: เก่ง (th) (gèng)
Urdu: ماہر (māhir)
Vietnamese: giỏi (vi), khéo léo (vi), khéo (vi)
West Frisian: betûft

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