"critical" in seven languages
Meaningcritical
Spanish
crítico
/ˈkɾitiko/
learned
French
critique
/kʁitik/
learned
Also the noun 'criticism, review' (la critique) and 'critic' (le critique).
Italian
critico
/ˈkritiko/
learned
Portuguese
crítico
/ˈkɾitʃiku/
learned
Romanian
critic
/ˈkritik/
learned
Catalan
crític
/ˈkɾitik/
learned
English
critical
/ˈkɹɪtɪkəl/
from Latin/French · Latin CRITICUS
English → ItaliancriticalcriticoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
CRITICUM‘of judging (Greek kritikós)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
From the Greek for 'to judge, decide': a critical moment is the deciding one, like a crisis. In all three sisters the adjective doubles as the noun 'critic'.
English relatives: critic, criticism, crisis, criterion
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In a sentence
- esLa situación es crítica.
- frLa situation est critique.
- itLa situazione è critica.
- ptA situação é crítica.
- roSituația e critică.
- caLa situació és crítica.
- enThe situation is critical.
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