English Explanatory Dictionary

potency

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Power, authority.
  2. The ability or capacity to perform something
  3. Sexual virility: the ability to become erect or achieve orgasm.
  4. Concentration; strength
  5. Potentiality, ability, capacity.
  6. Cardinality.

Pronunciation

/ˈpəʊtənsi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-potency.wav

Word forms

potency potencies

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin potentia. Doublet of Potenza.

Antonyms

impotence

Related words

impotence impotent potence potent potentate potential potentiality

Derived words

biopotency bipotency equipotency idempotency immunopotency multipotency oligopotency orgastic potency prepotency subpotency superpotency tripotency unipotency

Translations

Finnish: kyky Finnish: potenssi Galician: potencia Hebrew: יכולת Italian: capacità Italian: virilità Malay: potensi Polish: potencja Romanian: putință Spanish: potencia Spanish: polenta
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