applicabilità

applicability

noun ahp-plee-kah-bee-lee-TAH Rare

Usage Note

Applicabilità ends in -ità, making it invariable in the plural — le applicabilità stays the same form, though the singular is overwhelmingly more common. It appears in legal and regulatory language to indicate whether a rule or principle can be applied to a given case: l'applicabilità della norma (the applicability of the rule). The adjective is applicabile.

Examples

"Si discute l'applicabilità della legge al caso concreto."

Natural Translation

The applicability of the law to the specific case is being debated.

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