"competition (contest)" in seven languages
Meaningcompetition (contest)
Spanish
competición
/kompetiˈθjon/
fem.learned
Rivalry in business is competencia.
French
compétition
/kɔ̃petisjɔ̃/
fem.learned
Rivalry in business is concurrence.
Italian
competizione
/kompetitˈtsjone/
fem.learned
Also gara; rivalry in business is concorrenza.
Portuguese
competição
/kõpetʃiˈsɐ̃w/
fem.learned
Romanian
competiție
/kompeˈtitsje/
fem.learned
Catalan
competició
/kumpətiˈsjo/
fem.learned
English
competition
/kɑmpəˈtɪʃən/
from Latin/French · Late Latin COMPETĪTIŌ
English → Italiancompetition (contest)competizioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
COMPETĪTIŌNEM (Late Latin)‘rivalry (COMPETERE 'to strive together')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
COMPETERE was 'to go for the same thing together'. For market rivalry the sisters prefer other words: competencia, concurrence, concorrenza.
English relatives: compete, competitor, competitive
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In a sentence
- esGanó la competición.
- frElle a gagné la compétition.
- itHa vinto la competizione.
- ptEla ganhou a competição.
- roA câștigat competiția.
- caVa guanyar la competició.
- enShe won the competition.