"description" in seven languages
Meaningdescription
Spanish
descripción
/deskɾipˈθjon/
fem.learned
French
description
/dɛskʁipsjɔ̃/
fem.learned
Italian
descrizione
/deskritˈtsjone/
fem.learned
Portuguese
descrição
/deskɾiˈsɐ̃w/
fem.learned
Romanian
descriere
/desˈkriere/
fem.other source · descrie 'to describe' + -re: Latin DĒSCRĪBERE, matched to scrie 'to write'
Catalan
descripció
/dəskɾipsiˈo/
fem.learned
English
description
/dɪˈskɹɪpʃən/
from Latin/French · Old French description
English → ItaliandescriptiondescrizioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
DĒSCRĪPTIŌNEM‘a copying out, a description’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Italian drops the p as it usually does (scritto, ottimo); Spanish and French keep it, just like English.
English relatives: describe, script, scribe
Sound laws at work
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In a sentence
- esLa descripción no es exacta.
- frLa description n'est pas exacte.
- itLa descrizione non è esatta.
- ptA descrição não é exata.
- roDescrierea nu este exactă.
- caLa descripció no és exacta.
- enThe description is not accurate.
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