"code (of laws, signs or a program)" in seven languages
Meaningcode (of laws, signs or a program)
Spanish
código
/ˈkodiɡo/
masc.learned
Código postal is a postcode.
French
code
/kɔd/
masc.learned
Code postal; le code also means the driving-theory test.
Italian
codice
/ˈkɔditʃe/
masc.learned
Also an old manuscript; a postcode is codice postale (CAP).
Portuguese
código
/ˈkɔdʒiɡu/
masc.learned
Romanian
cod
/kod/
neut.borrowed · French code
Catalan
codi
/ˈkɔdi/
masc.learned
English
code
/koʊd/
from Latin/French · Old French code
English → Italiancode (of laws, signs or a program)codiceCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
CŌDICEM (nom. CŌDEX)‘tree trunk; a book of wooden tablets; a law book’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A CŌDEX was a block of wood, then a bound book, then the law book of Justinian. French clipped it to code; Spanish and Italian kept the -ic- of the Latin stem.
English relatives: codex, codify, code
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In a sentence
- esIntroduce el código para abrir la puerta.
- frTapez le code pour ouvrir la porte.
- itInserisci il codice per aprire la porta.
- ptDigite o código para abrir a porta.
- roIntrodu codul ca să deschizi ușa.
- caIntrodueix el codi per obrir la porta.
- enEnter the code to open the door.