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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

Efficiente

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ef-fi-chen-te

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Efficient/ɪˈfɪʃ.ənt/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2150 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Questo motore è molto efficiente."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense.

    "The new software is highly efficient, allowing us to complete tasks in half the time."
  2. 2

    Functioning effectively without wasting time or resources.

    "An efficient public transportation system can significantly reduce traffic congestion."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'efficientem', the present participle of 'efficere' meaning 'to work out, accomplish', formed from 'ex-' (out) and 'facere' (to do, make). Entering the English language in the late 16th century, it initially meant productive of effects, eventually evolving to denote maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense.

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