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"consequence" in seven languages

Meaningconsequence

Spanish

consecuencia

/konseˈkwenθja/

fem.learned

French

conséquence

/kɔ̃sekɑ̃s/

fem.learned

Italian

conseguenza

/konseˈgwɛntsa/

fem.learned

Italian voiced the qu to gu, as in seguire.

Portuguese

consequência

/kõseˈkwẽsiɐ/

fem.learned

Romanian

consecință

/konseˈtʃintsə/

fem.learned

Catalan

conseqüència

/kunsəˈkwɛnsiə/

fem.learned

English

consequence

/ˈkɑnsəkwɛns/

from Latin/French · Old French consequence, from Latin CONSEQUENTIA

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

The Latin ancestor

CONSEQUENTIAM‘a following on (from CONSEQUĪ)’

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

The story

A consequence is what 'follows along'. Spanish turned -ntia into -ncia, Italian into -nza, French into -nce — a pattern that decodes dozens of abstract nouns.

English relatives: sequence, consecutive, second, sequel

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In a sentence

  • esCada decisión tiene consecuencias.
  • frChaque décision a des conséquences.
  • itOgni decisione ha delle conseguenze.
  • ptToda decisão tem consequências.
  • roOrice decizie are consecințe.
  • caTotes les decisions tenen conseqüències.
  • enEvery decision has consequences.

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