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"angle" in seven languages

Meaningangle

Spanish

ángulo

/ˈaŋgulo/

masc.learned

French

angle

/ɑ̃gl/

masc.inherited

Italian

angolo

/ˈaŋgolo/

masc.inherited

Also the everyday word for a street corner.

Portuguese

ângulo

/ˈɐ̃ɡulu/

masc.learned

Romanian

unghi

/unɡʲ/

neut.inherited

Also 'corner'; the Latin -NG(U)L- gave ngh, as OCULUM gave ochi.

Catalan

angle

/ˈaŋɡlə/

masc.inherited

English

angle

/ˈæŋɡəl/

from Latin/French · Old French angle

English → ItalianangleangoloCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

ANGULUM‘corner, angle’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

French lost the unstressed u (angle, like ongle from UNGULA); Italian kept all three syllables; Spanish ángulo is learned, which is why it keeps its esdrújula stress. For a corner, Spanish says rincón or esquina.

English relatives: angular, triangle, rectangle

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In a sentence

  • esUn ángulo recto mide 90 grados.
  • frUn angle droit mesure 90 degrés.
  • itUn angolo retto misura 90 gradi.
  • ptUm ângulo reto mede 90 graus.
  • roUn unghi drept măsoară 90 de grade.
  • caUn angle recte fa 90 graus.
  • enA right angle measures 90 degrees.

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