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"density" in seven languages

Meaningdensity

Spanish

densidad

/densiˈdad/

fem.learned

French

densité

/dɑ̃site/

fem.learned

Italian

densità

/densiˈta/

fem.learned

Portuguese

densidade

/dẽsiˈdadʒi/

fem.learned

Romanian

densitate

/densiˈtate/

fem.learned

Catalan

densitat

/dənsiˈtat/

fem.learned

English

density

/ˈdɛnsɪti/

from Latin/French · Latin DĒNSITĀTEM, via French

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

The Latin ancestor

DĒNSITĀTEM‘thickness’

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

The story

-TĀTEM gives -dad, -té, -tà and English -ty: learn the ending once and hundreds of nouns come free.

English relatives: dense, condense

Sound laws at work

-TĀTEM: -dad, -té, -tà

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In a sentence

  • esAquí la densidad de población es muy alta.
  • frIci, la densité de population est très élevée.
  • itQui la densità di popolazione è molto alta.
  • ptAqui a densidade populacional é muito alta.
  • roAici densitatea populației este foarte mare.
  • caAquí la densitat de població és molt alta.
  • enThe population density is very high here.

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