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"conference (also: lecture)" in seven languages

Meaningconference (also: lecture)

Spanish

conferencia

/konfeˈɾenθja/

fem.learned

Often a single talk; a multi-day academic conference is usually a congreso.

French

conférence

/kɔ̃feʁɑ̃s/

fem.learned

Often a lecture; a scientific conference is usually a congrès or colloque.

Italian

conferenza

/konfeˈrɛntsa/

fem.learned

An academic conference is often a convegno.

Portuguese

conferência

/kõfeˈɾẽsjɐ/

fem.learned

A press conference is a coletiva (de imprensa) in Brazil, a conferência de imprensa in Portugal.

Romanian

conferință

/konfeˈrintsə/

fem.borrowed · French conférence

Catalan

conferència

/kumfəˈɾɛnsiə/

fem.learned

A press conference is a roda de premsa, a 'press round'.

English

conference

/ˈkɑnfɹəns/

from Latin/French · French conférence, from Medieval Latin CONFERENTIA

English → Italianconference (also: lecture)conferenzaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

CONFERENTIAM‘a bringing together (CONFERRE 'to bring together')’

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

The story

Watch the scale: the sisters' word is often one talk, where English means the whole event. Conferencia de prensa, conférence de presse, conferenza stampa are all 'press conference'.

English relatives: confer, conference

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In a sentence

  • esEl ministro dio una rueda de prensa.
  • frLe ministre a donné une conférence de presse.
  • itIl ministro ha tenuto una conferenza stampa.
  • ptO ministro deu uma coletiva de imprensa.
  • roMinistrul a ținut o conferință de presă.
  • caEl ministre va fer una roda de premsa.
  • enThe minister held a press conference.

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