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"apparently" in seven languages

Meaningapparently

Spanish

aparentemente

/apaɾenteˈmente/

learned

In conversation, al parecer and por lo visto are more common.

French

apparemment

/apaʁamɑ̃/

learned

Italian

apparentemente

/apparenteˈmente/

learned

Portuguese

aparentemente

/apaɾẽtʃiˈmẽtʃi/

learned

In conversation, pelo visto is more common.

Romanian

aparent

/apaˈrent/

learned

Romanian uses the adjective as the adverb; se pare că 'it seems that' is more common.

Catalan

aparentment

/əpəɾentˈmen/

learned

Pel que sembla is the everyday choice.

English

apparently

/əˈpɛɹəntli/

from Latin/French · Old French aparant + English -ly

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

The Latin ancestor

APPĀRENTEM‘appearing, visible’

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

The story

Adjective + -mente in Spanish and Italian. French adjectives in -ent make adverbs in -emment, said [amɑ̃]: apparemment, évidemment.

English relatives: apparent, appear, appearance

Sound laws at work

Adverbs in -mente / -ment

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In a sentence

  • esAparentemente, todo está bien.
  • frApparemment, tout va bien.
  • itApparentemente va tutto bene.
  • ptAparentemente, está tudo bem.
  • roAparent, totul e în regulă.
  • caAparentment, tot va bé.
  • enApparently, everything is fine.

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