"concert" in seven languages
Meaningconcert
Spanish
/konˈθjeɾto/
masc.borrowed · Italian concerto
French
/kɔ̃sɛʁ/
masc.borrowed · Italian concerto
Italian
/konˈtʃɛrto/
masc.learned
Formed in Italian from concertare 'to arrange, bring into agreement'.
Portuguese
/kõˈsehtu/
masc.borrowed · Italian concerto
For pop and rock, Brazilians say show.
Romanian
/konˈtʃert/
neut.borrowed · Italian concerto
Catalan
/kunˈsɛɾt/
masc.borrowed · Italian concerto
English
/ˈkɑnsɚt/
from Latin/French · French concert, from Italian concerto
The Latin ancestor
CONCERTĀRE‘to contend, vie’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Musical vocabulary travelled out of Italy: concerto went to French and Spanish, and from French to English. Italian concerto also names the solo-and-orchestra form, which English kept as a separate word.
English relatives: concerto, disconcert
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In a sentence
- esEsta noche vamos a un concierto.
- frCe soir, on va à un concert.
- itStasera andiamo a un concerto.
- ptHoje à noite vamos a um concerto.
- roDiseară mergem la un concert.
- caAquest vespre anem a un concert.
- enWe're going to a concert tonight.