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"comment" in seven languages

Meaningcomment

Spanish

comentario

/komenˈtaɾjo/

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French

commentaire

/kɔmɑ̃tɛʁ/

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Italian

commento

/komˈmento/

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Built on the verb commentare.

Portuguese

comentário

/komẽˈtaɾiu/

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Romanian

comentariu

/komenˈtarju/

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Catalan

comentari

/kumənˈtaɾi/

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English

comment

/ˈkɑmɛnt/

from Latin/French · Late Latin COMMENTUM 'interpretation', via Old French

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

The Latin ancestor

COMMENTĀRĪ‘to think over, write notes on’

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

The story

Spanish and French nouns come from Latin COMMENTĀRIUM 'notebook', Italian's from its own verb commentare; English kept the shortest form. French comment 'how' is a different word.

English relatives: commentary, commentator

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In a sentence

  • esGracias por tu comentario.
  • frMerci pour ton commentaire.
  • itGrazie per il tuo commento.
  • ptObrigado pelo seu comentário.
  • roMulțumesc pentru comentariu.
  • caGràcies pel teu comentari.
  • enThanks for your comment.

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