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"decision" in seven languages

Meaningdecision

Spanish

decisión

/deθiˈsjon/

fem.learned

French

décision

/desizjɔ̃/

fem.learned

Italian

decisione

/detʃiˈzjone/

fem.learned

Portuguese

decisão

/desiˈzɐ̃w/

fem.learned

Romanian

decizie

/deˈtʃizie/

fem.learned

Catalan

decisió

/dəsiˈzjo/

fem.learned

English

decision

/dɪˈsɪʒən/

from Latin/French · French décision / Latin DĒCĪSIŌ

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

The Latin ancestor

DĒCĪSIŌNEM‘a cutting off, settlement’

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

The story

English makes a decision; the sisters take one: tomar, prendre, prendere una decisione.

English relatives: decision, decisive, precise

Sound laws at work

C before E and I

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In a sentence

  • esEs una decisión difícil.
  • frC'est une décision difficile.
  • itÈ una decisione difficile.
  • ptÉ uma decisão difícil.
  • roE o decizie grea.
  • caÉs una decisió difícil.
  • enIt's a difficult decision.

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