🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

fonctionnalité

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fɔ̃k.sjɔ.na.li.te

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Functionality/ˌfʌŋk.ʃənˈæl.ə.t̬i/
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Cette application offre une nouvelle fonctionnalité très pratique."

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As noun
  1. 1

    The quality of being suited to serve a purpose; the set of functions or operations that a device, system, or program can perform.

    "The new software update adds several useful functionalities to the user interface."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English 'functional', combining the Latin 'functio' (performance, execution) with the adjectival suffix '-al', and further suffixed with '-ity' to denote a state or quality. The term gained prominence in engineering, software design, and industrial manufacturing during the 20th century to describe the practical utility and feature set of a system.

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