French Conversation · Level 103
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French word
efficacité
Pronunciation
IPA/efikasite/
Meaning
- feminine nouneffectiveness
Example
Ce médicament a une bonne efficacité.
This medicine is highly effective.
More examples
Sa méthode manque d'efficacité.
His method lacks effectiveness.
Core concept
A measure rising as an action gets closer to its desired result.
Common phrases
manquer d'efficacité
lack effectiveness
améliorer l'efficacité
improve effectiveness
efficacité du traitement
treatment effectiveness
Similar words
efficience: The ability to achieve the same outcome with less effort or fewer resources.
effet: A direct change or impact resulting from an action or event.
résultat: The specific outcome obtained after an action or piece of work.
Definition in French
Mesure du degré auquel une méthode, un outil ou une action atteint le résultat souhaité.
Word origin
French formed efficacité from efficace with the noun-forming suffix -ité; efficace ultimately comes from Latin efficax, meaning effective.
Usage tips
- French efficacité focuses on achieving the result, whereas efficience focuses more specifically on the resources used to achieve it.
Other meanings
- efficiencynoun
Opposites
- inefficacitéineffectivenessnoun
Related words
- efficaceeffectiveadjective
- efficacementeffectivelyadverb