"difference" in seven languages
Meaningdifference
Spanish
diferencia
/difeˈɾenθja/
fem.learned
French
différence
/difeʁɑ̃s/
fem.learned
Italian
differenza
/diffeˈrɛntsa/
fem.learned
Portuguese
diferença
/dʒifeˈɾẽsɐ/
fem.learned
Romanian
diferență
/difeˈrentsə/
fem.borrowed · French différence
Catalan
diferència
/difəˈɾɛnsiə/
fem.learned
English
difference
/ˈdɪfɹəns/
from Latin/French · Old French difference, from Latin DIFFERENTIA
English → ItaliandifferencedifferenzaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
DIFFERENTIAM‘a carrying apart, distinction (DIS + FERRE 'to carry')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
The -ENTIA ending is a reliable map: -encia in Spanish, -ence in French, -enza in Italian, -ence in English.
English relatives: differ, different, indifferent
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In a sentence
- es¿Qué diferencia hay entre los dos?
- frQuelle est la différence entre les deux ?
- itChe differenza c'è tra i due?
- ptQual é a diferença entre os dois?
- roCare e diferența dintre ele?
- caQuina diferència hi ha entre els dos?
- enWhat's the difference between the two?
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- sectionsecciónsectionsezioneseçãosecțiunesecció
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