What does incapacité in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word incapacité in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use incapacité in French.

The word incapacité in French means incapacity, incapability, unfitness for work, incapacity, cannot do, inability to work, unfitness for work, ineligibility to vote, permanent disability, permanent incapacity, total inability to work, complete unfitness for work. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word incapacité

incapacity

nom féminin (impossibilité de faire [qch])

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Après son accident, l'assurance maladie a validé une incapacité à travailler pour Pierre.
Following his accident, Peter's health insurance company certified that he was eligible for incapacity benefits.

incapability

nom féminin (impossibilité d'occuper un travail)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il n'a pas conservé ce nouveau poste par incapacité.
He lost his new job due to incompetence.

unfitness for work

nom féminin (France (impossibilité de travailler)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La médecine du travail a reconnu Marie-Christine en incapacité.
Occupational Health have acknowledged Marie-Christine's unfitness for work.

incapacity

nom féminin (Droit : impossibilité de jouir de [qch]) (Law)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
En France, il y a incapacité pour les mineurs de jouir de leurs biens.
In France, minors do not have the capacity to control their assets.

cannot do

locution verbale (ne pas pouvoir faire [qch])

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Je suis dans l'incapacité de vous répondre pour le moment.

inability to work, unfitness for work

nom féminin (impossibilité de travailler)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Après son accident de voiture, Pierre a eu une incapacité de travail de six mois.

ineligibility to vote

nom féminin (inaptitude à voter)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Son casier judiciaire a entraîné une incapacité électorale.

permanent disability, permanent incapacity

nom féminin (inaptitude durable)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Suite à son grave accident, les médecins ont reconnu l'incapacité permanente de Paul.

total inability to work, complete unfitness for work

nom féminin (impossibilité absolue de travailler)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Son incapacité totale de travail lui a fait perdre son travail.

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