literacy

English

Etymology

From literate + -cy.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪtəɹəsi/, /ˈlɪtɹəsi/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪtəɹəsi/, [-ɾ(ə)ɹə-], /ˈlɪtɹəsi/
Audio (US): (file)
Hyphenation: li‧ter‧a‧cy

Noun

literacy (countable and uncountable, plural literacies)

The ability to read and write.
(by extension) The ability to understand and evaluate something.
computer literacy

media literacy
- 2023 June 9, Tory Shepherd, “Can pornography be healthy? If it follows six rules, perhaps”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:
  Prof Alan McKee, who led the project, argues that young adults should be taught “porn literacy” to help them “read porn well” and look for healthy and ethical depictions of sex.

Antonyms

illiteracy

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

ability to read and write

Arabic: مَحْو الْأُمِّيَّة m (maḥw al-ʔummiyya)
Azerbaijani: savad (az)
Catalan: alfabetisme (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 認字 / 认字 (zh) (rènzì), 識字 / 识字 (zh) (shízì), 讀寫能力 / 读写能力 (zh) (dúxiě nénglì)
Czech: gramotnost f
Dutch: alfabetisering (nl), alfabetisme (nl)
Finnish: luku- ja kirjoitustaito, lukutaito (fi)
French: littératie (fr), littérisme (fr), alphabétisme (fr) m
Galician: alfabetización (gl) f
Georgian: წერა-კითხვის უნარი (c̣era-ḳitxvis unari), წერა-კითხვის ცოდნა (c̣era-ḳitxvis codna), წერა-კითხვა (c̣era-ḳitxva)
German: Lese- und Schreibfähigkeit f
Greek: αλφαβητισμός (el) m (alfavitismós)
Hebrew: אוריינות (he) f (orianút)
Hindi: साक्षरता (hi) m (sākṣartā)
Hungarian: írástudás (hu)
Indonesian: literasi (id)
Irish: litearthacht f
Italian: alfabetismo (it) m, alfabetizzazione (it) f
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: خوێندەواری (xwêndewarî)
Macedonian: писменост f (pismenost)
Malayalam: സാക്ഷരത (ml) (sākṣarata)
Polish: piśmienność f, alfabetyzm m
Portuguese: alfabetização (pt) f, alfabetismo m, letramento (pt) m, literacia (pt) f
Romanian: alfabetizare (ro) f, alfabetism n, instruire (ro) f, școlire (ro) f, știință de carte (ro) f
Russian: гра́мотность (ru) f (grámotnostʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: litearrachd f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: писменост f

Roman: pismenost (sh) f
Spanish: alfabetismo (es) m, alfabetización (es) f (literacy instruction)
Swedish: läskunnighet (sv) c (ability to read), skrivkunnighet (sv) c (ability to write), läs- och skrivkunnighet (sv) c (ability to read and write)
Tagalog: kanulatan
Telugu: అక్షరాస్యత (akṣarāsyata)
Thai: การรู้หนังสือ (th)
Turkish: okuryazarlık (tr), okuma yazma (tr)
Ukrainian: письме́нність (uk) f (pysʹménnistʹ), гра́мотність (uk) f (hrámotnistʹ)
Welsh: llythrennedd (cy) m

understanding of something

Azerbaijani: savad (az)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 能力 (zh) (nénglì)
Czech: gramotnost f
Finnish: lukutaito (fi)
French: compréhension (fr) f
Georgian: წიგნიერება (c̣igniereba), მწიგნობრობა (mc̣ignobroba), განათლებულობა (ganatlebuloba), გათვიცნობიერებულობა (gatvicnobierebuloba)
German: Kenntnisse (de) f pl, Bildung (de) f
Greek: γνώση (el) f (gnósi)
Hebrew: אוריינות (he) f (orianút)
Hindi: साक्षरता (hi) m (sākṣartā)
Indonesian: literasi (id)
Russian: гра́мотность (ru) f (grámotnostʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: litearrachd f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: писменост f

Roman: pismenost (sh) f
Spanish: cultura (es) f, competencia (es) f

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