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"announcement" in seven languages

Meaningannouncement

Spanish

anuncio

/aˈnunθjo/

masc.learned

Also an advert: anuncios clasificados.

French

annonce

/anɔ̃s/

fem.inherited

Also an advert: les petites annonces.

Italian

annuncio

/anˈnuntʃo/

masc.learned

Also spelt annunzio; also an advert.

Portuguese

anúncio

/aˈnũsju/

masc.learned

Romanian

anunț

/aˈnunts/

neut.borrowed · French annonce

Catalan

anunci

/əˈnunsi/

masc.learned

English

announcement

/əˈnaʊnsmənt/

from Latin/French · Old French anoncier + -ment

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

The Latin ancestor

ANNŪNTIĀRE‘to make known (NŪNTIUS 'messenger')’

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

The story

From NŪNTIUS 'messenger'. In all three sisters the word also means an advertisement, so an anuncio, annonce or annuncio in the paper is usually selling something.

English relatives: announce, pronounce, denounce, nuncio

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In a sentence

  • esHicieron un anuncio en la estación.
  • frIl y a eu une annonce à la gare.
  • itHanno fatto un annuncio in stazione.
  • ptFizeram um anúncio na estação.
  • roAu dat un anunț în gară.
  • caVan fer un anunci a l'estació.
  • enThey made an announcement at the station.

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