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"criticism" in seven languages

Meaningcriticism

Spanish

crítica

/ˈkɾitika/

fem.learned

French

critique

/kʁitik/

fem.learned

Italian

critica

/ˈkritika/

fem.learned

Portuguese

crítica

/ˈkɾitʃikɐ/

fem.learned

Romanian

critică

/ˈkritikə/

fem.learned

Catalan

crítica

/ˈkɾitikə/

fem.learned

English

criticism

/ˈkɹɪtɪsɪzəm/

from Latin/French · English critic (Latin CRITICUS, from Greek) + -ism

English → ItaliancriticismcriticaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The ancestor

Greek kritikḗ (via Latin CRITICUS)‘the art of judging’

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

The story

From Greek krínein 'to judge, to separate', the root of crisis too. The sisters use one word for 'criticism' and 'review' (una crítica de cine), where English needs two.

English relatives: critic, critique, critical, crisis

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  • esNo lleva bien las críticas.
  • frIl supporte mal les critiques.
  • itNon accetta bene le critiche.
  • ptEle não aceita bem críticas.
  • roNu suportă critica.
  • caNo accepta bé les crítiques.
  • enHe doesn't take criticism well.

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