efficiens

Danish

Noun

efficiens c (singular definite efficiensen, not used in plural form)

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Declension

Declension of efficiens
common
gender 		singular
indefinite definite
nominative efficiens efficiensen
genitive efficiens' efficiensens

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of efficiō.

Pronunciation

Participle

efficiēns (genitive efficientis, adverb efficienter); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. producing, and related senses of the action
  2. (Medieval Latin) efficient

Declension

Third-declension participle.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative efficiēns efficientēs efficientia
genitive efficientis efficientium
dative efficientī efficientibus
accusative efficientem efficiēns efficientēs
efficientīs 		efficientia
ablative efficiente
efficientī1 		efficientibus
vocative efficiēns efficientēs efficientia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

  • → Catalan: eficient
  • → French: efficient
  • → Galician: eficiente
  • → Italian: efficiente
  • → Piedmontese: eficent
  • → Portuguese: eficiente
  • → Romanian: eficient
  • → Spanish: eficiente

References

  • “efficiens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “efficiens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • efficiens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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