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"crowd" in seven languages

Meaningcrowd

Spanish

multitud

/multiˈtud/

fem.other source · Latin MULTITŪDINEM 'great number' (learned)

Also muchedumbre, built on mucho with the old suffix -dumbre (-TŪDINEM).

French

foule

/ful/

fem.inherited

Italian

folla

/ˈfolla/

fem.inherited

Portuguese

multidão

/muwtʃiˈdɐ̃w/

fem.other source · Latin MULTITŪDINEM 'great number'

Romanian

mulțime

/mulˈtsime/

fem.other source · Romanian mult 'much' (Latin MULTUM) + -ime

Catalan

multitud

/multiˈtut/

fem.other source · Latin MULTITŪDINEM 'great number' (learned)

English

crowd

/kɹaʊd/

native English · Old English crūdan 'to press'

English → ItaliancrowdfollaNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: full, fuller (fr, it); multitude (es).What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

*FULLĀRE‘to tread, full (cloth)’

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

The story

A crowd is what tramples: French foule and Italian folla come from *FULLĀRE, the fuller's treading of cloth. Spanish chose the learned multitud.

English relatives: full, fuller (fr, it); multitude (es)

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In a sentence

  • esUna multitud espera fuera del estadio.
  • frUne foule attend devant le stade.
  • itUna folla aspetta fuori dallo stadio.
  • ptUma multidão espera do lado de fora do estádio.
  • roO mulțime de oameni așteaptă în fața stadionului.
  • caUna multitud espera fora de l'estadi.
  • enA crowd is waiting outside the stadium.

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