"available" in seven languages
Meaningavailable
Spanish
disponible
/dispoˈnible/
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French
disponible
/dispɔnibl/
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Italian
disponibile
/dispoˈnibile/
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Also 'willing, helpful' of a person.
Portuguese
disponível
/dʒispoˈnivew/
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Romanian
disponibil
/dispoˈnibil/
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Catalan
disponible
/dispuˈniblə/
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English
available
/əˈveɪləbəl/
other source · avail + -able (avail from Old French valoir, Latin VALĒRE)
English → ItalianavailabledisponibileNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: dispose, disposable, disposal.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
DISPŌNIBILEM‘that can be arranged (Medieval Latin, from DISPŌNERE)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
What is available can be 'disposed of', put where it is needed. Spanish and French even spell it the same.
English relatives: dispose, disposable, disposal
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In a sentence
- esLa habitación está disponible a partir del lunes.
- frLa chambre est disponible à partir de lundi.
- itLa camera è disponibile da lunedì.
- ptO quarto está disponível a partir de segunda.
- roCamera este disponibilă de luni.
- caL'habitació està disponible a partir de dilluns.
- enThe room is available from Monday.