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"court (of law)" in seven languages

Meaningcourt (of law)

Spanish

tribunal

/tɾibuˈnal/

masc.learned

French

tribunal

/tʁibynal/

masc.learned

plural: tribunaux

Italian

tribunale

/tribuˈnale/

masc.learned

Portuguese

tribunal

/tɾibuˈnaw/

masc.learned

Romanian

tribunal

/tribuˈnal/

neut.borrowed · French tribunal

For going to court Romanians also say a merge în instanță.

Catalan

tribunal

/tɾibuˈnal/

masc.learned

English

court

/kɔɹt/

other source · Old French cort, from Latin COHORTEM 'enclosure, yard'

English → Italiancourt (of law)tribunaleNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: tribunal, tribune.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

TRIBŪNĀLE‘the raised platform where magistrates sat’

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

The story

The sisters have corte / cour / corte too, but for a royal court (French cour is also a courtyard); a court of law is the tribunal, named after the magistrates' platform.

English relatives: tribunal, tribune

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In a sentence

  • esEl caso irá a los tribunales.
  • frL'affaire ira au tribunal.
  • itIl caso finirà in tribunale.
  • ptO caso vai para o tribunal.
  • roCazul ajunge la tribunal.
  • caEl cas anirà als tribunals.
  • enThe case is going to court.

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