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"assembly (meeting)" in seven languages

Meaningassembly (meeting)

Spanish

asamblea

/asamˈblea/

fem.borrowed · French assemblée

French

assemblée

/asɑ̃ble/

fem.inherited

The participle of assembler: l'Assemblée nationale.

Italian

assemblea

/assemˈblɛa/

fem.borrowed · French assemblée

Portuguese

assembleia

/asẽˈblɛjɐ/

fem.borrowed · French assemblée

Romanian

adunare

/aduˈnare/

fem.other source · aduna 'to gather', from Latin ADŪNĀRE 'to unite'

Catalan

assemblea

/əsəmˈbleə/

fem.borrowed · French assemblée

English

assembly

/əˈsɛmbli/

from Latin/French · Old French assemblee

English → Italianassembly (meeting)assembleaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

*ASSIMULĀRE‘to bring together (from SIMUL 'together')’

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

The story

A French word all the way: assembler, from SIMUL 'together', made assemblée, which Spanish, Italian and English borrowed for their parliaments and meetings.

English relatives: assemble, simultaneous, similar

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In a sentence

  • esLa asamblea votó en contra de la ley.
  • frL'assemblée a voté contre la loi.
  • itL'assemblea ha votato contro la legge.
  • ptA assembleia votou contra a lei.
  • roAdunarea a votat împotriva legii.
  • caL'assemblea va votar en contra de la llei.
  • enThe assembly voted against the law.

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