agility

English

Etymology

From late Middle English, borrowed from Middle French agilité, from Latin agilitās, from agilis (“nimble, fleet, quick”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /əˈdʒɪl.ɪ.ti/, /əˈdʒɪl.ə.ti/
  • Rhymes: -ɪlɪti

Noun

agility (countable and uncountable, plural agilities)

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; quickness of motion
    Synonym: nimbleness
    His superior agility countered his lack of strength.
  2. (countable) A faculty of being agile in body, mind, or figuratively.

Translations

Finnish

Etymology

From English agility.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑɡility/, [ˈɑɡilit̪y]
  • Hyphenation: a‧gi‧li‧ty

Noun

agility

  1. (sports) agility, dog agility

Declension
Inflection of agility (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative agility agilityt
genitive agilityn agilityjen
partitive agilityä agilityjä
illative agilityyn agilityihin
singular plural
nominative agility agilityt
accusative nom. agility agilityt
gen. agilityn
genitive agilityn agilityjen
partitive agilityä agilityjä
inessive agilityssä agilityissä
elative agilitystä agilityistä
illative agilityyn agilityihin
adessive agilityllä agilityillä
ablative agilityltä agilityiltä
allative agilitylle agilityille
essive agilitynä agilityinä
translative agilityksi agilityiksi
instructive — agilityin
abessive agilityttä agilityittä
comitative — agilityineen

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English agility since at least 1990. Ultimately from Latin agilis (“nimble, fleet, quick”).[1]

Noun

agility c

  1. (sports) agility, dog agility

Declension
Declension of agility 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative agility agilityn — —
Genitive agilitys agilityns — —

References
  1. "agility" in Nationalencyklopedins Svensk Ordbok Online.
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