"architecture" in seven languages
Meaningarchitecture
Spanish
arquitectura
/aɾkitekˈtuɾa/
fem.learned
French
architecture
/aʁʃitɛktyʁ/
fem.learned
Italian
architettura
/arkitetˈtura/
fem.learned
Portuguese
arquitetura
/ahkiteˈtuɾɐ/
fem.learned
Romanian
arhitectură
/arhitekˈturə/
fem.borrowed · French architecture
Catalan
arquitectura
/əɾkitəkˈtuɾə/
fem.learned
English
architecture
/ˈɑɹkɪtɛktʃɚ/
from Latin/French · French architecture, from Latin
English → ItalianarchitecturearchitetturaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
ARCHITECTŪRAM‘architecture (Greek arkhitéktōn 'chief builder')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
French reads the Greek ch as [ʃ]; Spanish and Italian keep [k], spelled qu and ch. Italian also assimilates ct to tt.
English relatives: architect, architectural
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In a sentence
- esEstudio arquitectura.
- frJ'étudie l'architecture.
- itStudio architettura.
- ptEstudo arquitetura.
- roStudiez arhitectura.
- caEstudio arquitectura.
- enI'm studying architecture.
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