"dynamic" in seven languages
Meaningdynamic
Spanish
dinámico
/diˈnamiko/
learned
French
dynamique
/dinamik/
learned
Italian
dinamico
/diˈnamiko/
learned
Portuguese
dinâmico
/dʒiˈnɐmiku/
learned
Romanian
dinamic
/diˈnamik/
learned
Catalan
dinàmic
/diˈnamik/
learned
English
dynamic
/daɪˈnæmɪk/
from Latin/French · French dynamique, from Greek
English → ItaliandynamicdinamicoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The ancestor
Greek dynamikós‘powerful (dýnamis 'power')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A Greek word, so Greek y appears: French and English keep the spelling, Spanish and Italian write plain i (dinámico, dinamico).
English relatives: dynamite, dynasty, dynamo
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In a sentence
- esEs una persona muy dinámica.
- frC'est une personne très dynamique.
- itÈ una persona molto dinamica.
- ptEla é uma pessoa muito dinâmica.
- roE o persoană foarte dinamică.
- caÉs una persona molt dinàmica.
- enShe is a very dynamic person.