"context" in seven languages
Meaningcontext
Spanish
contexto
/konˈteksto/
masc.learned
French
contexte
/kɔ̃tɛkst/
masc.learned
Italian
contesto
/konˈtɛsto/
masc.learned
Portuguese
contexto
/kõˈtestu/
masc.learned
Romanian
context
/konˈtekst/
neut.learned
Catalan
context
/kunˈtɛkst/
masc.learned
English
context
/ˈkɑntɛkst/
from Latin/French · Latin contextus
English → ItaliancontextcontestoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
CONTEXTUM‘a weaving together’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
CONTEXTUS is 'woven together' (TEXERE 'to weave'), like text and textile: a word's meaning comes from what is woven around it. Italian simplifies the x to s.
English relatives: text, texture, textile
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In a sentence
- esHay que leerlo en su contexto.
- frIl faut le lire dans son contexte.
- itBisogna leggerlo nel suo contesto.
- ptÉ preciso ler isso no contexto.
- roTrebuie citit în context.
- caCal llegir-ho en el seu context.
- enYou have to read it in context.