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"concept" in seven languages

Meaningconcept

Spanish

concepto

/konˈθepto/

masc.learned

French

concept

/kɔ̃sɛpt/

masc.learned

Italian

concetto

/konˈtʃɛtto/

masc.learned

Portuguese

conceito

/kõˈsejtu/

masc.learned

Romanian

concept

/konˈtʃept/

neut.learned

Catalan

concepte

/kunˈsɛptə/

masc.learned

English

concept

/ˈkɑnsɛpt/

from Latin/French · Latin conceptum

English → ItalianconceptconcettoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

CONCEPTUM‘something conceived’

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

The story

A concept is something 'conceived', taken in (CON + CAPERE 'to take'). Italian assimilates pt to tt even in this learned word, and its c before e sounds tʃ.

English relatives: conceive, conception, perceive, capture

Sound laws at work

Italian assimilates clustersC before E and I

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In a sentence

  • esEs un concepto difícil de explicar.
  • frC'est un concept difficile à expliquer.
  • itÈ un concetto difficile da spiegare.
  • ptÉ um conceito difícil de explicar.
  • roEste un concept greu de explicat.
  • caÉs un concepte difícil d'explicar.
  • enIt's a difficult concept to explain.

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