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"content (what something contains)" in seven languages

Meaningcontent (what something contains)

Spanish

contenido

/konteˈnido/

masc.inherited

French

contenu

/kɔ̃tny/

masc.inherited

Not content, which is the adjective 'glad'.

Italian

contenuto

/konteˈnuto/

masc.inherited

Portuguese

conteúdo

/kõteˈudu/

masc.inherited

Keeps the old participle ending -udo (conteúdo 'contained'), long gone from the verbs.

Romanian

conținut

/kontsiˈnut/

neut.borrowed · French contenu, refashioned on ține 'to hold'

Catalan

contingut

/kuntiŋˈɡut/

masc.inherited

English

content

/ˈkɑntɛnt/

from Latin/French · Latin CONTENTUM 'contained'

English → Italiancontent (what something contains)contenutoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

CONTINĒRE‘to hold together, to contain’

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

The story

Each sister uses the past participle of its own contener, contenir, contenere. The old Latin participle CONTENTUS lives on as 'satisfied': contento, content, contento.

English relatives: contain, continent, content

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In a sentence

  • esEl contenido de la carta era secreto.
  • frLe contenu de la lettre était secret.
  • itIl contenuto della lettera era segreto.
  • ptO conteúdo da carta era secreto.
  • roConținutul scrisorii era secret.
  • caEl contingut de la carta era secret.
  • enThe content of the letter was secret.

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