"dictionary" in seven languages
Meaningdictionary
Spanish
diccionario
/dikθjoˈnaɾjo/
masc.learned
French
dictionnaire
/diksjɔnɛʁ/
masc.learned
Italian
dizionario
/dittsjoˈnarjo/
masc.learned
Portuguese
dicionário
/dʒisjoˈnaɾju/
masc.learned
Romanian
dicționar
/diktsjoˈnar/
neut.learned
Catalan
diccionari
/diksiuˈnaɾi/
masc.learned
English
dictionary
/ˈdɪkʃənɛɹi/
from Latin/French · Medieval Latin dictiōnārium
English → ItaliandictionarydizionarioCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
DICTIŌNĀRIUM‘(Medieval Latin) a book of words (DICTIŌ 'a saying, word')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A medieval coinage: a collection of DICTIŌNĒS, 'sayings'. The CT shows three learned treatments: Spanish kθ, French ks, Italian tts.
English relatives: dictionary, diction, dictate
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In a sentence
- esBúscalo en el diccionario.
- frCherche dans le dictionnaire.
- itCercalo nel dizionario.
- ptProcure no dicionário.
- roCaută în dicționar.
- caBusca-ho al diccionari.
- enLook it up in the dictionary.