abilite

== Haitian Creole == === Etymology === From French habilité (“ability”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.bi.li.te/ === Noun === abilite ability == Middle English == === Alternative forms === abilte, ablete, habilite === Etymology === From Old French ableté, from Latin habilitās (“aptness, ability”), from habilis (“apt, fit, skillful, able”), equivalent to able +‎ -ite. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈbiliteː/, /aˌbiliˈteː/ === Noun === abilite (plural abilites) capacity for doing something, proficiency in an art or profession, ability, power. ==== Descendants ==== English: ability Scots: abilty (obsolete) ==== References ==== “abilitẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.