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"convention (accepted custom)" in seven languages

Meaningconvention (accepted custom)

Spanish

convención

/kombenˈθjon/

fem.learned

French

convention

/kɔ̃vɑ̃sjɔ̃/

fem.learned

Italian

convenzione

/konvenˈtsjone/

fem.learned

Portuguese

convenção

/kõvẽˈsɐ̃w/

fem.learned

Romanian

convenție

/konˈventsie/

fem.learned

Catalan

convenció

/kumbənsiˈo/

fem.learned

English

convention

/kənˈvɛnʃən/

from Latin/French · Latin CONVENTIŌNEM, via Old French

English → Italianconvention (accepted custom)convenzioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

CONVENTIŌNEM‘a coming together: assembly, agreement’

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

The story

CONVENTIŌ was a 'coming together', of people (an assembly) or of minds (an agreement). A big trade-show convention is usually congreso, salon or fiera instead.

English relatives: convene, convent, conventional, convenient

Sound laws at work

-TIŌNEM: learned -ción, inherited -zón

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In a sentence

  • esDarse la mano es una convención social.
  • frSe serrer la main est une convention sociale.
  • itDarsi la mano è una convenzione sociale.
  • ptApertar as mãos é uma convenção social.
  • roStrângerea mâinii este o convenție socială.
  • caDonar-se la mà és una convenció social.
  • enShaking hands is a social convention.

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