"construction" in seven languages
Meaningconstruction
Spanish
construcción
/konstɾukˈθjon/
fem.learned
French
construction
/kɔ̃stʁyksjɔ̃/
fem.learned
Italian
costruzione
/kostrutˈtsjone/
fem.learned
Portuguese
construção
/kõstɾuˈsɐ̃w/
fem.learned
Romanian
construcție
/konˈstruktsje/
fem.learned
Catalan
construcció
/kunstɾukˈsjo/
fem.learned
English
construction
/kənˈstɹʌkʃən/
from Latin/French · Old French construction, from Latin
English → ItalianconstructioncostruzioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
CONSTRUCTIŌNEM‘a putting together (CONSTRUERE 'to pile up, build')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Italian drops the n before s (costruzione), as it does in costare 'to cost' from CONSTĀRE. Spanish and French keep it.
English relatives: construct, structure, instruct, destroy
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In a sentence
- esEl nuevo puente está en construcción.
- frLe nouveau pont est en construction.
- itIl nuovo ponte è in costruzione.
- ptA nova ponte está em construção.
- roNoul pod este în construcție.
- caEl pont nou està en construcció.
- enThe new bridge is under construction.
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