acuité

Borrowed from Late Latin acuitātem.

• IPA^(key): /a.kɥi.te/

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acuité f (plural acuités)

1. acuteness, acuity
   1. sharpness
   2. (of senses) acuity, sharpness, keenness

      acuité visuelle ― visual acuity

   3. intensity

      acuité de la douleur ― intensity of pain

   4. accuracy, precision

      permettant de modéliser avec acuité ― allowing precise modelling

   5. urgency, seriousness
   6. (of sound) sharpness, shrillness

• “acuité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

acuité

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of acuitar