"constitution (of a state)" in seven languages
Meaningconstitution (of a state)
Spanish
constitución
/konstituˈθjon/
fem.learned
French
constitution
/kɔ̃stitysjɔ̃/
fem.learned
Italian
costituzione
/kostitutˈtsjone/
fem.learned
Portuguese
constituição
/kõstʃituiˈsɐ̃w/
fem.learned
Romanian
constituție
/konstiˈtutsie/
fem.learned
Catalan
constitució
/kunstitusiˈo/
fem.learned
English
constitution
/kɑnstɪˈtuʃən/
from Latin/French · Old French constitucion / Latin CONSTITŪTIŌ
English → Italianconstitution (of a state)costituzioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
CONSTITŪTIŌNEM‘arrangement, decree’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
From CONSTITUERE 'to set up'. Italian drops the n before s (costituzione), as spoken Latin already did; Spanish and French keep the spelling of the books.
English relatives: constitute, institution, statute
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In a sentence
- esLa Constitución protege la libertad de expresión.
- frLa Constitution protège la liberté d'expression.
- itLa Costituzione tutela la libertà di espressione.
- ptA Constituição protege a liberdade de expressão.
- roConstituția protejează libertatea de exprimare.
- caLa Constitució protegeix la llibertat d'expressió.
- enThe constitution protects free speech.