"dry" in seven languages
Meaningdry
Spanish
seco
/ˈseko/
inherited
French
sec
/sɛk/
inherited
fem.: sèche
Italian
secco
/ˈsekko/
inherited
Portuguese
seco
/ˈseku/
inherited
Romanian
uscat
/usˈkat/
other source · participle of usca 'to dry', from Latin EXSUCĀRE 'to drain of juice'
Catalan
sec
/sɛk/
inherited
English
dry
/dɹaɪ/
native English · Old English drȳge
English → ItaliandryseccoNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: desiccate, desiccated.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
SICCUM‘dry’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Latin short I became e everywhere. Wine works the same in all four: a dry wine is un vino seco, un vin sec, un vino secco.
English relatives: desiccate, desiccated
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In a sentence
- esLa tierra está seca después del verano.
- frLa terre est sèche après l'été.
- itLa terra è secca dopo l'estate.
- ptA terra está seca depois do verão.
- roPământul e uscat după vară.
- caLa terra està seca després de l'estiu.
- enThe earth is dry after the summer.
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