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"edition" in seven languages

Meaningedition

Spanish

edición

/ediˈθjon/

fem.learned

French

édition

/edisjɔ̃/

fem.learned

Also 'publishing': travailler dans l'édition.

Italian

edizione

/editˈtsjone/

fem.learned

Portuguese

edição

/edʒiˈsɐ̃w/

fem.learned

Romanian

ediție

/eˈditsie/

fem.learned

Catalan

edició

/ədisiˈo/

fem.learned

English

edition

/ɪˈdɪʃən/

from Latin/French · French édition, from Latin

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

The Latin ancestor

EDITIŌNEM‘a bringing out, publication (from EDERE)’

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

The story

Mind the trap next door: Spanish editor, French éditeur and Italian editore usually mean 'publisher', not 'editor'.

English relatives: edit, editor

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In a sentence

  • esTengo una primera edición de esta novela.
  • frJ'ai une édition originale de ce roman.
  • itHo una prima edizione di questo romanzo.
  • ptTenho uma primeira edição deste romance.
  • roAm o primă ediție a acestui roman.
  • caTinc una primera edició d'aquesta novel·la.
  • enI have a first edition of this novel.

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