"consumption" in seven languages

Meaningconsumption

Spanish

consumo

/konˈsumo/

masc.learned

Built on consumir.

French

consommation

/kɔ̃sɔmasjɔ̃/

fem.other source · Latin CONSUMMĀTIŌNEM 'completion' (learned)

Also a drink in a café: une consommation.

Italian

consumo

/konˈsumo/

masc.learned

Built on consumare.

Portuguese

consumo

/kõˈsumu/

masc.learned

Romanian

consum

/konˈsum/

neut.learned

Catalan

consum

/kunˈsum/

masc.learned

English

consumption

/kənˈsʌmpʃən/

from Latin/French · Latin CONSUMPTIŌ

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The Latin ancestor

CONSŪMERE‘to use up’

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

The story

Two Latin verbs collided: CONSŪMERE 'to use up' and CONSUMMĀRE 'to complete'. French consommer took the second's form with the first's meaning, so its consommation looks like English consummation.

English relatives: consume, consumer; consummate (fr)

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In a sentence

esEl consumo de electricidad sube en invierno.
frLa consommation d'électricité augmente en hiver.
itIl consumo di elettricità aumenta d'inverno.
ptO consumo de eletricidade sobe no inverno.
roConsumul de electricitate crește iarna.
caEl consum d'electricitat puja a l'hivern.
enElectricity consumption rises in winter.

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