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"education" in seven languages

Meaningeducation

Spanish

educación

/edukaˈθjon/

fem.learned

Also 'manners': ¡qué falta de educación!

French

éducation

/edykasjɔ̃/

fem.learned

Schooling is more often enseignement.

Italian

educazione

/edukatˈtsjone/

fem.learned

Also 'upbringing, manners'; schooling is istruzione.

Portuguese

educação

/edukaˈsɐ̃w/

fem.learned

Romanian

educație

/eduˈkatsie/

fem.learned

Catalan

educació

/ədukəsiˈo/

fem.learned

English

education

/ɛdʒəˈkeɪʃən/

from Latin/French · Latin, partly via French éducation

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

The Latin ancestor

ĒDUCĀTIŌNEM‘rearing, upbringing’

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

The story

A false friend in disguise: Spanish educación and Italian educazione lean towards 'upbringing, good manners', so a maleducado is rude, not uneducated.

English relatives: educate, educational

Sound laws at work

-TIŌNEM: learned -ción, inherited -zón

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In a sentence

  • esLos padres son responsables de la educación de sus hijos.
  • frLes parents sont responsables de l'éducation de leurs enfants.
  • itI genitori sono responsabili dell'educazione dei figli.
  • ptOs pais são responsáveis pela educação dos filhos.
  • roPărinții sunt responsabili de educația copiilor.
  • caEls pares són responsables de l'educació dels fills.
  • enParents are responsible for their children's education.

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