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"campaign" in seven languages

Meaningcampaign

Spanish

campaña

/kamˈpaɲa/

fem.inherited

French

campagne

/kɑ̃paɲ/

fem.borrowed · Italian campagna (or northern French dialects)

Also, and first of all, 'the countryside'.

Italian

campagna

/kamˈpaɲɲa/

fem.inherited

Also, and first of all, 'the countryside'.

Portuguese

campanha

/kɐ̃ˈpɐɲɐ/

fem.inherited

Romanian

campanie

/kampaˈnie/

fem.borrowed · French campagne

Catalan

campanya

/kəmˈpaɲə/

fem.inherited

English

campaign

/kæmˈpeɪn/

from Latin/French · French campagne

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

The Latin ancestor

CAMPĀNIAM‘open country, plain (CAMPUS 'field')’

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

The story

Armies took to the open field each summer, so 'countryside' became 'campaign'. French kept its own ca- → cha- outcome only as the region Champagne.

English relatives: camp, campus, champion, champagne

Sound laws at work

NN, GN and N + yod

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In a sentence

  • esLa campaña electoral empieza mañana.
  • frLa campagne électorale commence demain.
  • itLa campagna elettorale comincia domani.
  • ptA campanha eleitoral começa amanhã.
  • roCampania electorală începe mâine.
  • caLa campanya electoral comença demà.
  • enThe election campaign starts tomorrow.

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