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"apparent (seeming)" in seven languages

Meaningapparent (seeming)

Spanish

aparente

/apaˈɾente/

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French

apparent

/apaʁɑ̃/

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fem.: apparente

Italian

apparente

/appaˈrɛnte/

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Portuguese

aparente

/apaˈɾẽtʃi/

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Romanian

aparent

/apaˈrent/

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Catalan

aparent

/əpəˈɾen/

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English

apparent

/əˈpɛɹənt/

from Latin/French · Old French aparant, from Latin APPĀRENTEM

English → Italianapparent (seeming)apparenteCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

APPĀRENTEM‘appearing, visible (APPĀRĒRE)’

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

The story

In all four languages apparent leans towards 'seeming, but maybe not real': una calma aparente. 'Apparently' is al parecer, apparemment, a quanto pare.

English relatives: appear, appearance, apparition

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In a sentence

  • esSu calma era solo aparente.
  • frSon calme n'était qu'apparent.
  • itLa sua calma era solo apparente.
  • ptA calma dele era só aparente.
  • roCalmul lui era doar aparent.
  • caLa seva calma només era aparent.
  • enHis calm was only apparent.

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