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"conflict" in seven languages

Meaningconflict

Spanish

conflicto

/konˈflikto/

masc.learned

French

conflit

/kɔ̃fli/

masc.learned

Italian

conflitto

/konˈflitto/

masc.learned

Portuguese

conflito

/kõˈflitu/

masc.learned

Romanian

conflict

/konˈflikt/

neut.learned

Catalan

conflicte

/kumˈfliktə/

masc.learned

English

conflict

/ˈkɑnflɪkt/

from Latin/French · Latin CONFLICTUS

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

The Latin ancestor

CONFLICTUM‘a striking together, clash’

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

The story

Learned everywhere, but each sister trimmed the ct its own way: kept in Spanish, cut to a silent t in French, assimilated to tt in Italian.

English relatives: inflict, afflict, conflicting

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In a sentence

  • esEl conflicto duró diez años.
  • frLe conflit a duré dix ans.
  • itIl conflitto è durato dieci anni.
  • ptO conflito durou dez anos.
  • roConflictul a durat zece ani.
  • caEl conflicte va durar deu anys.
  • enThe conflict lasted ten years.

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