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"diversity" in seven languages

Meaningdiversity

Spanish

diversidad

/dibeɾsiˈdad/

fem.learned

French

diversité

/divɛʁsite/

fem.learned

Italian

diversità

/diversiˈta/

fem.learned

Portuguese

diversidade

/dʒivehsiˈdadʒi/

fem.learned

Romanian

diversitate

/diversiˈtate/

fem.learned

Catalan

diversitat

/dibəɾsiˈtat/

fem.learned

English

diversity

/dɪˈvɝsəti/

from Latin/French · Old French diversité

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

The Latin ancestor

DĪVERSITĀTEM‘difference, variety’

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

The story

The -TĀTEM ending shows up as -dad, -té, -tà and -ty. Italian diverso also simply means 'different': è diverso.

English relatives: diverse, divert, version

Sound laws at work

-TĀTEM: -dad, -té, -tà

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In a sentence

  • esLa ciudad está orgullosa de su diversidad.
  • frLa ville est fière de sa diversité.
  • itLa città è orgogliosa della sua diversità.
  • ptA cidade se orgulha da sua diversidade.
  • roOrașul este mândru de diversitatea sa.
  • caLa ciutat està orgullosa de la seva diversitat.
  • enThe city is proud of its diversity.

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