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"consent" in seven languages

Meaningconsent

Spanish

consentimiento

/konsentiˈmjento/

masc.learned

A Spanish derivative of consentir.

French

consentement

/kɔ̃sɑ̃tmɑ̃/

masc.learned

A French derivative of consentir.

Italian

consenso

/konˈsɛnso/

masc.other source · Latin CONSENSUM 'agreement' (learned), the participle noun of CONSENTĪRE

Also 'approval, popularity': il consenso degli elettori.

Portuguese

consentimento

/kõsẽtʃiˈmẽtu/

masc.learned

Romanian

consimțământ

/konsimtsəˈmɨnt/

neut.other source · Romanian consimți, modelled on French consentir (simți ← Latin SENTĪRE)

Catalan

consentiment

/kunsəntiˈmen/

masc.learned

English

consent

/kənˈsɛnt/

from Latin/French · Old French consentir

English → ItalianconsentconsensoNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: consensus, sense, sentiment.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

CONSENTĪRE‘to feel together, agree’

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

The story

Literally 'feeling together' (CON- + SENTĪRE). Spanish and French build the noun on the verb with -miento / -ment; Italian took the Latin noun CONSENSUS directly.

English relatives: consensus, sense, sentiment

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In a sentence

  • esPublicaron la foto sin su consentimiento.
  • frIls ont publié la photo sans son consentement.
  • itHanno pubblicato la foto senza il suo consenso.
  • ptPublicaram a foto sem o consentimento dela.
  • roAu publicat fotografia fără consimțământul ei.
  • caVan publicar la foto sense el seu consentiment.
  • enThey published the photo without her consent.

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