"cooperation" in seven languages
Meaningcooperation
Spanish
cooperación
/koopeɾaˈθjon/
fem.learned
French
coopération
/kɔɔpeʁasjɔ̃/
fem.learned
Italian
cooperazione
/kooperatˈtsjone/
fem.learned
Portuguese
cooperação
/kooperaˈsɐ̃w/
fem.learned
Romanian
cooperare
/koopeˈrare/
fem.learned
Catalan
cooperació
/kuupəɾəsiˈo/
fem.learned
English
cooperation
/koʊɑpəˈɹeɪʃən/
from Latin/French · Latin COOPERĀTIŌNEM
English → ItaliancooperationcooperazioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
COOPERĀTIŌNEM‘working together (CUM + OPERA 'work')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Literally 'co-working'. The OPERA inside it is also the inherited Spanish obra, French œuvre and Italian opera 'work'.
English relatives: operate, opera, cooperative
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In a sentence
- esGracias por su cooperación.
- frMerci de votre coopération.
- itGrazie per la vostra cooperazione.
- ptObrigado pela sua cooperação.
- roVă mulțumim pentru cooperare.
- caGràcies per la seva cooperació.
- enThank you for your cooperation.