French Conversation · Level 49
75 words
French word
inventivité
Pronunciation
IPA/ɛ̃vɑ̃tivite/
Meaning
- feminine nouninventiveness
Example
Il faut de l'inventivité pour résoudre ce problème.
It takes inventiveness to solve this problem.
More examples
Elle a montré beaucoup d'inventivité pour aménager son appartement.
She showed a lot of inventiveness in arranging her apartment.
Core concept
A practical toolbox reshaped to solve a problem with limited means.
Common phrases
faire preuve d'inventivité
show inventiveness
manquer d'inventivité
lack inventiveness
Similar words
ingéniosité: The ability to devise clever, practical methods or systems.
créativité: The ability to generate new ideas or forms of expression.
originalité: The quality of having ideas or forms of expression that are distinct from others.
Definition in French
Capacité à imaginer des solutions ou des moyens nouveaux, souvent pratiques et adaptés à une situation donnée.
Word origin
French formed inventivité from inventif with -ité, while inventif and inventer belong to the family of Latin invenire, meaning to find.
Usage tips
- The common expression faire preuve d'inventivité uses de after preuve, as in faire preuve de patience.
Other meanings
- creativitynoun
- ingenuitynoun
Opposites
- conformismeconformitynoun
- banalitébanalitynoun