"communication" in seven languages
Meaningcommunication
Spanish
comunicación
/komunikaˈθjon/
fem.learned
French
communication
/kɔmynikasjɔ̃/
fem.learned
Italian
comunicazione
/komunikatˈtsjone/
fem.learned
Portuguese
comunicação
/komunikaˈsɐ̃w/
fem.learned
Romanian
comunicare
/komuniˈkare/
fem.learned
Built as the verbal noun of comunica; comunicație is kept for telecommunications.
Catalan
comunicació
/kumunikəsiˈo/
fem.learned
English
communication
/kəmjunɪˈkeɪʃən/
from Latin/French · Old French communicacion, from Latin COMMŪNICĀTIŌNEM
English → ItaliancommunicationcomunicazioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
COMMŪNICĀTIŌNEM‘a sharing, imparting (COMMŪNIS 'common')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
To communicate is 'to make common'. Spanish and Italian write one m, French and English two; the -tion ending follows the usual -ción / -tion / -zione pattern.
English relatives: communicate, common, community
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In a sentence
- esLa comunicación es la clave.
- frLa communication est la clé.
- itLa comunicazione è la chiave.
- ptA comunicação é a chave.
- roComunicarea este cheia.
- caLa comunicació és la clau.
- enCommunication is the key.
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