"circuit" in seven languages
Meaningcircuit
Spanish
circuito
/θiɾˈkwito/
masc.learned
French
circuit
/siʁkɥi/
masc.learned
The final t is silent; also a package tour.
Italian
circuito
/tʃirˈkuito/
masc.learned
Portuguese
circuito
/sihˈkujtu/
masc.learned
Romanian
circuit
/tʃirkuˈit/
neut.learned
Catalan
circuit
/siɾˈkujt/
masc.learned
English
circuit
/ˈsɝkɪt/
from Latin/French · Old French circuit, from Latin CIRCUITUS
English → ItaliancircuitcircuitoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
CIRCUITUM‘a going around (CIRCUM + IRE)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A learned word everywhere, so only the first c changes: Spanish θ, French s, Italian tʃ — the soft-c law in one word.
English relatives: circle, circus, circumference
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In a sentence
- esEl circuito está roto.
- frLe circuit est coupé.
- itIl circuito è interrotto.
- ptO circuito está interrompido.
- roCircuitul este întrerupt.
- caEl circuit està interromput.
- enThe circuit is broken.
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