"combination" in seven languages
Meaningcombination
Spanish
combinación
/kombinaˈθjon/
fem.learned
French
combinaison
/kɔ̃binɛzɔ̃/
fem.learned
Also a jumpsuit or a diving suit.
Italian
combinazione
/kombinatˈtsjone/
fem.learned
Per combinazione means 'by chance'.
Portuguese
combinação
/kõbinaˈsɐ̃w/
fem.learned
Romanian
combinație
/kombiˈnatsie/
fem.learned
Catalan
combinació
/kumbinəsiˈo/
fem.learned
English
combination
/ˌkɑmbəˈneɪʃən/
from Latin/French · Late Latin COMBĪNĀTIŌNEM
English → ItaliancombinationcombinazioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
COMBĪNĀTIŌNEM‘joining two by two (from BĪNĪ 'two each')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
BĪNĪ 'two at a time' is hidden inside: to combine was to pair things up. French gave the learned word the old ending -aison instead of -ation.
English relatives: combine, binary
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In a sentence
- esEs una combinación de sabores extraña.
- frC'est une drôle de combinaison de saveurs.
- itÈ una strana combinazione di sapori.
- ptÉ uma combinação estranha de sabores.
- roE o combinație ciudată de arome.
- caÉs una combinació de gustos estranya.
- enIt's a strange combination of flavours.