"coverage (news, insurance)" in seven languages
Meaningcoverage (news, insurance)
Spanish
cobertura
/kobeɾˈtuɾa/
fem.inherited
Also phone signal: no hay cobertura.
French
couverture
/kuvɛʁtyʁ/
fem.inherited
Also a blanket or a book cover; phone signal is le réseau.
Italian
copertura
/koperˈtura/
fem.inherited
Portuguese
cobertura
/kobehˈtuɾɐ/
fem.inherited
Romanian
acoperire
/akopeˈrire/
fem.inherited
Built in Romanian as the noun of acoperi 'to cover' (Latin *ACCOOPERĪRE), not from COOPERTŪRA itself.
Catalan
cobertura
/kubəɾˈtuɾə/
fem.inherited
English
coverage
/ˈkʌvɚɪdʒ/
from Latin/French · cover (Old French covrir) + -age
English → Italiancoverage (news, insurance)coperturaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
COOPERTŪRAM‘a covering’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
From COOPERĪRE 'to cover completely'. The intervocalic p shows the usual three outcomes: Spanish b, French v, Italian p.
English relatives: cover, covert, discover
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In a sentence
- esLa cobertura mediática fue enorme.
- frLa couverture médiatique a été énorme.
- itLa copertura mediatica è stata enorme.
- ptA cobertura da mídia foi enorme.
- roAcoperirea mediatică a fost uriașă.
- caLa cobertura mediàtica va ser enorme.
- enThe media coverage was huge.