"analysis" in seven languages
Meaninganalysis
Spanish
análisis
/aˈnalisis/
masc.learned
plural: análisis
Also a medical test: un análisis de sangre.
French
analyse
/analiz/
fem.learned
Italian
analisi
/aˈnalizi/
fem.learned
plural: analisi
Portuguese
análise
/aˈnalizi/
fem.learned
Romanian
analiză
/anaˈlizə/
fem.learned
Catalan
anàlisi
/əˈnalizi/
fem.learned
English
analysis
/əˈnæləsɪs/
from Latin/French · Medieval Latin, from Greek analusis
plural: analyses
English → ItaliananalysisanalisiCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
ANALYSIS (from Greek analusis)‘a loosening, breaking up’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Greek ana-lusis, 'loosening up' into parts. Watch the gender: Spanish el análisis is masculine, French l'analyse and Italian l'analisi are feminine.
English relatives: analyze, analyst, analytic
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In a sentence
- esEl análisis de los resultados lleva tiempo.
- frL'analyse des résultats prend du temps.
- itL'analisi dei risultati richiede tempo.
- ptA análise dos resultados leva tempo.
- roAnaliza rezultatelor durează.
- caL'anàlisi dels resultats porta temps.
- enThe analysis of the results takes time.