skill

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: skĭl, IPA(key): /skɪl/ (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): [skɪɫ] (l-vocalizing: UK, General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): [skɪo̯], [skɪʊ̯] (l-vocalizing: nonstandard, England) IPA(key): [skiːo̯], [skiːʊ̯] Rhymes: -ɪl === Etymology 1 === From Middle English skill, skille (also schil, schile), from Old Norse skil (“a distinction, discernment, knowledge”), from Proto-Germanic *skilją (“separation, limit”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, cut”). Cognate with Danish skel (“a separation, boundary, divide”), Swedish skäl (“reason”), Dutch verschil (“difference”) and schillen (“to separate the outer layer (schil) from the product”, verb). ==== Alternative forms ==== skil (obsolete) ==== Noun ==== skill (countable and uncountable, plural skills) A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate. Synonyms: ability; see also Thesaurus:skill Coordinate terms: talent (sometimes loosely synonymous), knowledge, training, education; see also Thesaurus:skill (artificial intelligence) A reusable configuration (prompt) that defines how an AI agent performs a specific task. (obsolete) Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause. (obsolete) Knowledge; understanding. (obsolete) Display of art; exercise of ability; contrivance; address. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Adjective ==== skill (comparative skiller, superlative skillest) (UK, slang) Great, excellent. [1980s–1990s] 1991, Wreckers (video game review in Crash issue 88, May 1991) This game is skill. Remember that because it's going to sound really complicated. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English skilen (also schillen), partly from Old English scilian (“to separate, part, divide off”); and partly from Old Norse skilja (“to divide, separate”); both from Proto-Germanic *skilōną, *skiljaną (“to divide, limit”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, cut”). Cognate with Danish skille (“to separate, discard”), Swedish skilja (“to distinguish, differentiate, part”), Icelandic skilja (“to understand”), Low German schelen (“to make a difference; to be squint-eyed”), Dutch schelen (“to make a difference”). ==== Verb ==== skill (third-person singular simple present skills, present participle skilling, simple past and past participle skilled) (transitive) To set apart; separate. (transitive, chiefly dialectal) To discern; have knowledge or understanding; to know how (to). (transitive, dialectal, Scotland, Northern England, rare) To know; to understand. 17th century, Isaac Barrow, “On Industry in Our Particular Calling as Scholars,” […] to skill the arts of expressing our mind and imparting our conceptions with advantage, so as to instruct or persuade others […] (intransitive) To have knowledge or comprehension; discern. (intransitive) To have personal or practical knowledge; be versed or practised; be expert or dextrous. (intransitive, archaic) To make a difference; signify; matter. (video games) To spend acquired points in exchange for skills. ===== Synonyms ===== (separate): split (call management systems) === References === Skel i “skill” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog === Anagrams === Kills, kills == Norwegian Bokmål == === Verb === skill imperative of skille == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English skill. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -iw, (Portugal) -il === Noun === skill f (plural skills) skill (capacity to do something well) Synonyms: habilidade, capacidade (business slang) skill Synonym: competência (video games, roleplaying games) skill Synonym: habilidade ==== Related terms ====