"classic" in seven languages
Meaningclassic
Spanish
clásico
/ˈklasiko/
learned
French
classique
/klasik/
learned
Italian
classico
/ˈklassiko/
learned
Portuguese
clássico
/ˈklasiku/
learned
Romanian
clasic
/ˈklasik/
learned
Catalan
clàssic
/ˈklasik/
learned
English
classic
/ˈklæsɪk/
from Latin/French · French classique / Latin CLASSICUM
English → ItalianclassicclassicoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
CLASSICUM‘of the highest class (of Roman citizens)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
CLASSICUS first meant a citizen of the top tax class, then a first-rate writer. Spanish and Italian keep the stress on the first syllable, the Latin one.
English relatives: class, classical, classify
Learn it
In a sentence
- esEs una película clásica.
- frC'est un film classique.
- itÈ un film classico.
- ptÉ um filme clássico.
- roE un film clasic.
- caÉs una pel·lícula clàssica.
- enIt's a classic film.
More in Describing words
- electriceléctricoélectriqueelettricoelétricoelectricelèctric
- initialinicialinitialinizialeinicialinițialinicial
- regionalregionalrégionalregionaleregionalregionalregional
- uppersuperiorsupérieursuperioresuperiorsuperiorsuperior
- usefulútilutileutileútilutilútil
- cheapbaratobon marchéa buon mercatobaratoieftinbarat