"competitive" in seven languages
Meaningcompetitive
Spanish
competitivo
/kompetiˈtibo/
learned
French
compétitif
/kɔ̃petitif/
learned
fem.: compétitive
Italian
competitivo
/kompetiˈtivo/
learned
Portuguese
competitivo
/kõpetʃiˈtʃivu/
learned
Romanian
competitiv
/kompetiˈtiv/
learned
Catalan
competitiu
/kumpətiˈtiw/
learned
English
competitive
/kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv/
from Latin/French · compete, Latin COMPETERE
English → ItaliancompetitivecompetitivoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
COMPETERE‘to strive together; to coincide’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A modern coinage on Latin COMPETERE, not a Roman word. French -if / -ive matches Spanish and Italian -ivo / -iva.
English relatives: compete, competition, competent
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In a sentence
- esEl mercado es muy competitivo.
- frLe marché est très compétitif.
- itIl mercato è molto competitivo.
- ptO mercado é muito competitivo.
- roPiața este foarte competitivă.
- caEl mercat és molt competitiu.
- enThe market is very competitive.
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