"complete" in seven languages
Meaningcomplete
Spanish
completo
/komˈpleto/
learned
French
complet
/kɔ̃plɛ/
learned
fem.: complète
On a hotel or a bus, complet means 'full, no vacancies'.
Italian
completo
/komˈplɛto/
learned
Also 'full' for hotels and theatres.
Portuguese
completo
/kõˈplɛtu/
learned
Romanian
complet
/komˈplet/
learned
Catalan
complet
/kumˈplɛt/
learned
English
complete
/kəmˈplit/
from Latin/French · Old French complet / Latin COMPLĒTUS
English → ItaliancompletecompletoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
COMPLĒTUM‘filled up (from COMPLĒRE)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
COMPLĒRE is 'to fill up' (PLĒNUS 'full'), which is why a French bus that is complet has no seats left.
English relatives: complete, complement, compliment
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In a sentence
- esLa lista está completa.
- frLa liste est complète.
- itLa lista è completa.
- ptA lista está completa.
- roLista este completă.
- caLa llista és completa.
- enThe list is complete.