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Pronunciation / Transliteration: shūjuku
"彼女の英語の習熟度は非常に高い。"
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A high degree of competence or skill; expertise.
"She demonstrated a high level of proficiency in spoken Spanish."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Early 17th century: from proficient + -cy, or from Latin proficientia, from proficere 'advance, be useful'.
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compétence
Transliteration: compétence
"Il a une bonne compétence en informatique."
Kenntnisse
Transliteration: Kenntnisse
"Sie hat gute Sprachkenntnisse."
padronanza
Transliteration: padronanza
"Ha dimostrato una grande padronanza della lingua."
competencia
Transliteration: competencia
"Necesita demostrar competencia en inglés para el puesto."
proficiência
Transliteration: proficiência
"O teste avalia a proficiência em leitura."
दक्षता
Transliteration: dakshata
"उसे अपने काम में पूरी दक्षता है।"
熟练
Transliteration: shúliàn
"他对这门语言的熟练程度很高。"
숙달
Transliteration: sukdal
"이 업무에는 영어 숙달이 필수적입니다."
習熟
Transliteration: shūjuku
"彼女の英語の習熟度は非常に高い。"
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