"academic" in seven languages
Meaningacademic
Spanish
académico
/akaˈdemiko/
learned
French
académique
/akademik/
learned
In France universitaire is often preferred: l'année universitaire.
Italian
accademico
/akkaˈdɛmiko/
learned
Portuguese
acadêmico
/akaˈdemiku/
learned
Romanian
academic
/akaˈdemik/
learned
Catalan
acadèmic
/əkəˈdɛmik/
learned
English
academic
/ˌækəˈdɛmɪk/
from Latin/French · French académique / Latin ACADĒMICUS
English → ItalianacademicaccademicoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
ACADĒMICUM‘of the Academy (from Greek)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Italian doubles the c (accademico), as it does in many Greek and Latin loans; Spanish and French keep it single.
English relatives: academy, academia
Learn it
In a sentence
- esEscribe artículos académicos.
- frIl écrit des articles académiques.
- itScrive articoli accademici.
- ptEle escreve artigos acadêmicos.
- roScrie articole academice.
- caEscriu articles acadèmics.
- enHe writes academic articles.
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