"conclusion" in seven languages
Meaningconclusion
Spanish
conclusión
/konkluˈsjon/
fem.learned
French
conclusion
/kɔ̃klyzjɔ̃/
fem.learned
Italian
conclusione
/konkluˈzjone/
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Portuguese
conclusão
/kõkluˈzɐ̃w/
fem.learned
Romanian
concluzie
/konˈkluzie/
fem.learned
Catalan
conclusió
/kuŋkluziˈo/
fem.learned
English
conclusion
/kənˈkluʒən/
from Latin/French · Old French conclusion, from Latin
English → ItalianconclusionconclusioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
CONCLŪSIŌNEM‘a shutting up, an ending’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A conclusion 'shuts' an argument: CLAUDERE 'to shut' also gave inherited Italian chiudere and French clore, where Spanish says cerrar.
English relatives: conclude, include, exclude, closet
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In a sentence
- esLlegamos a una conclusión.
- frNous sommes arrivés à une conclusion.
- itSiamo arrivati a una conclusione.
- ptChegamos a uma conclusão.
- roAm ajuns la o concluzie.
- caHem arribat a una conclusió.
- enWe reached a conclusion.