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"app (application)" in seven languages

Meaningapp (application)

Spanish

aplicación

/aplikaˈθjon/

fem.learned

Colloquially also app.

French

application

/aplikasjɔ̃/

fem.learned

Colloquially une appli.

Italian

applicazione

/applikatˈtsjone/

fem.learned

Colloquially l'app (feminine).

Portuguese

aplicativo

/aplikaˈtʃivu/

masc.other source · aplicar ← Latin APPLICĀRE, with the suffix -ivo

European Portuguese says aplicação or simply app.

Romanian

aplicație

/apliˈkatsie/

fem.learned

Catalan

aplicació

/əplikəsiˈo/

fem.learned

English

app

/æp/

from Latin/French · short for application, from Latin via French

English → Italianapp (application)applicazioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

APPLICĀTIŌNEM‘a joining, attaching (APPLICĀRE 'to fold onto')’

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

The story

Software 'applied' to a task. A job application is something else: solicitud, candidature, candidatura.

English relatives: apply, application, applicable, appliance

Sound laws at work

-TIŌNEM: learned -ción, inherited -zón

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In a sentence

  • esDescárgate la aplicación gratis.
  • frTéléchargez l'application gratuitement.
  • itScarica l'applicazione gratis.
  • ptBaixe o aplicativo de graça.
  • roDescarcă aplicația gratuit.
  • caDescarrega't l'aplicació gratis.
  • enDownload the app for free.

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