efficient

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Frequenz

C1
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ɪˈfɪʃənt/
Etymologie (Englisch)

1398, “making,” from Old French, from Latin efficientem, nominative efficiēns, participle of efficere (“work out, accomplish”) (see effect). Meaning “productive, skilled” is from 1787. Efficiency apartment is first recorded 1930, American English.

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