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"division" in seven languages

Meaningdivision

Spanish

división

/dibiˈsjon/

fem.learned

French

division

/divizjɔ̃/

fem.learned

Italian

divisione

/diviˈzjone/

fem.learned

Portuguese

divisão

/dʒiviˈzɐ̃w/

fem.learned

Romanian

împărțire

/ɨmpərˈtsire/

fem.other source · împărți 'to share out' ← Latin IMPARTĪRE

Catalan

divisió

/dibiziˈo/

fem.learned

English

division

/dɪˈvɪʒən/

from Latin/French · Old French division

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

The Latin ancestor

DĪVĪSIŌNEM‘a dividing (DĪVIDERE)’

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

The story

Learned in all four, so the shape barely moved: Spanish says the v as b, French and Italian voice the s. It works for arithmetic and for a company's or an army's division alike.

English relatives: divide, individual, device, divisive

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In a sentence

  • esMi hijo está aprendiendo la división en el colegio.
  • frMon fils apprend la division à l'école.
  • itMio figlio sta imparando la divisione a scuola.
  • ptMeu filho está aprendendo divisão na escola.
  • roFiul meu învață împărțirea la școală.
  • caEl meu fill està aprenent la divisió a l'escola.
  • enMy son is learning division at school.

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