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"comparison" in seven languages

Meaningcomparison

Spanish

comparación

/kompaɾaˈθjon/

fem.learned

French

comparaison

/kɔ̃paʁɛzɔ̃/

fem.learned

The ending was fitted to native -aison, as in raison.

Italian

confronto

/konˈfronto/

masc.other source · Italian confrontare, from Latin CON- + FRONTEM 'forehead, front'

Comparazione exists but is formal; paragone is also common.

Portuguese

comparação

/kõpaɾaˈsɐ̃w/

fem.learned

Romanian

comparație

/kompaˈratsie/

fem.learned

Catalan

comparació

/kumpəɾəsiˈo/

fem.learned

English

comparison

/kəmˈpɛɹəsən/

from Latin/French · Old French comparaison

English → ItaliancomparisonconfrontoNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: compare, par, pair, peer.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

COMPARĀTIŌNEM‘comparison (COMPAR 'equal')’

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

The story

CON + PAR 'equal': to compare is to set equals side by side. Italian prefers to set things face to face: confronto, from fronte.

English relatives: compare, par, pair, peer

Sound laws at work

-TIŌNEM: learned -ción, inherited -zón

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In a sentence

  • esNo hay comparación.
  • frIl n'y a pas de comparaison.
  • itNon c'è confronto.
  • ptNão há comparação.
  • roNu e nicio comparație.
  • caNo hi ha comparació.
  • enThere's no comparison.

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