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"article (in a newspaper; grammar)" in seven languages

Meaningarticle (in a newspaper; grammar)

Spanish

artículo

/aɾˈtikulo/

masc.learned

French

article

/aʁtikl/

masc.learned

Italian

articolo

/arˈtikolo/

masc.learned

Portuguese

artigo

/ahˈtʃiɡu/

masc.learned

A semi-learned form; the fully inherited descendant of ARTICULUM is artelho 'ankle'.

Romanian

articol

/arˈtikol/

neut.learned

Catalan

article

/əɾˈtiklə/

masc.learned

English

article

/ˈɑɹtɪkəl/

from Latin/French · Old French article / Latin ARTICULUS

English → Italianarticle (in a newspaper; grammar)articoloCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

ARTICULUM‘small joint, division (diminutive of ARTUS 'limb')’

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

The story

An ARTICULUS was a little joint, then a section of a text. The popular French descendant is orteil 'toe' — a joint of the foot.

English relatives: articulate, article

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In a sentence

  • esLeí un artículo interesante.
  • frJ'ai lu un article intéressant.
  • itHo letto un articolo interessante.
  • ptLi um artigo interessante.
  • roAm citit un articol interesant.
  • caHe llegit un article interessant.
  • enI read an interesting article.

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