"absolute" in seven languages
Meaningabsolute
Spanish
absoluto
/absoˈluto/
learned
French
absolu
/apsɔly/
learned
fem.: absolue
Italian
assoluto
/assoˈluto/
learned
Portuguese
absoluto
/absoˈlutu/
learned
Romanian
absolut
/absoˈlut/
learned
Catalan
absolut
/əpsuˈlut/
learned
English
absolute
/ˈæbsəlut/
from Latin/French · Old French absolut / Latin ABSOLŪTUS
English → ItalianabsoluteassolutoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
ABSOLŪTUM‘loosened, set free, complete’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
ABSOLŪTUS is 'untied', hence free of conditions. Italian assimilates the bs to ss, as it does everywhere: assoluto, assolvere.
English relatives: absolve, absolution, solution
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In a sentence
- esEs un desastre absoluto.
- frC'est un désastre absolu.
- itÈ un disastro assoluto.
- ptÉ um desastre absoluto.
- roEste un dezastru absolut.
- caÉs un desastre absolut.
- enIt's an absolute disaster.
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