"electronic" in seven languages
Meaningelectronic
Spanish
electrónico
/elekˈtɾoniko/
learned
French
électronique
/elɛktʁɔnik/
learned
Italian
elettronico
/eletˈtrɔniko/
learned
Portuguese
eletrônico
/eleˈtɾoniku/
learned
European Portuguese writes electrónico.
Romanian
electronic
/elekˈtronik/
learned
Catalan
electrònic
/ələkˈtɾɔnik/
learned
English
electronic
/ɪlɛkˈtɹɑnɪk/
from Latin/French · electron (a modern coinage from Greek ēlektron 'amber') + -ic
English → ItalianelectronicelettronicoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The ancestor
Greek ēlektron‘amber’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Rubbed amber attracts light objects, so Greek 'amber' gave the modern words for electricity. Italian assimilates the ct as usual: elettronico.
English relatives: electric, electricity, electron
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In a sentence
- esPrefiero la música electrónica.
- frJe préfère la musique électronique.
- itPreferisco la musica elettronica.
- ptPrefiro música eletrônica.
- roPrefer muzica electronică.
- caPrefereixo la música electrònica.
- enI prefer electronic music.
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