"conservative" in seven languages
Meaningconservative
Spanish
conservador
/konseɾbaˈdoɾ/
learned
fem.: conservadora
French
conservateur
/kɔ̃sɛʁvatœʁ/
learned
fem.: conservatrice
Italian
conservatore
/konservaˈtore/
learned
fem.: conservatrice
Portuguese
conservador
/kõsehvaˈdoh/
learned
Romanian
conservator
/konservaˈtor/
learned
fem.: conservatoare
Catalan
conservador
/kunsəɾbəˈdo/
learned
English
conservative
/kənˈsɝvətɪv/
from Latin/French · Latin CONSERVĀTĪVUS, from CONSERVĀRE
English → ItalianconservativeconservatoreCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
CONSERVĀRE‘to keep, preserve’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
The sisters say 'a preserver' (-dor, -teur, -tore); English uses the adjective suffix -ive.
English relatives: conserve, conservation, conservatory, preserve
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In a sentence
- esMi abuelo es muy conservador.
- frMon grand-père est très conservateur.
- itMio nonno è molto conservatore.
- ptMeu avô é muito conservador.
- roBunicul meu e foarte conservator.
- caEl meu avi és molt conservador.
- enMy grandfather is very conservative.
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