French word

rendement

Pronunciation

IPA/ʁɑ̃dəmɑ̃/

Meaning

  • masculine nounefficiency

Example

Le rendement de cette machine est faible.

The efficiency of this machine is low.

Illustration for rendement (efficiency)

More examples

Un rendement élevé n'est pas toujours synonyme de qualité.

High efficiency is not always synonymous with quality.

Core concept

A scale comparing what comes out with what goes in.

Common phrases

  • bon rendement

    good efficiency

  • rendement élevé

    high efficiency

Similar words

productivité: The output obtained in a given time or from a specified amount of input.
efficacité: The extent to which a goal is achieved with minimal unnecessary waste.
performance: The quality of an appliance's operation, a task's execution, or a person's work.

Definition in French

Quantité de résultat produite par rapport aux ressources engagées, souvent exprimée en pourcentage ou en ratio.

Word origin

French formed rendement from rendre by adding the noun-forming suffix -ment, expressing what is given back or obtained.

Usage tips

  • The measured object follows de in phrases such as le rendement de cette machine, meaning the machine's measured output ratio.

Other meanings

  • resultnoun
  • yieldnoun
  • returnnoun

Opposites

  • inefficacitéinefficiencynoun

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