"entry, entrance" in seven languages
Meaningentry, entrance
Spanish
entrada
/enˈtɾada/
fem.inherited
Also a ticket: dos entradas para el concierto.
French
entrée
/ɑ̃tʁe/
fem.inherited
On a menu, the starter.
Italian
entrata
/enˈtrata/
fem.inherited
Ingresso is just as common for a way in.
Portuguese
entrada
/ẽˈtɾadɐ/
fem.inherited
Romanian
intrare
/inˈtrare/
fem.inherited
The long infinitive of intra (INTRĀRE), used as a noun.
Catalan
entrada
/ənˈtɾadə/
fem.inherited
English
entry
/ˈɛntɹi/
from Latin/French · Old French entree
English → Italianentry, entranceentrataCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
INTRĀTAM (from INTRĀRE)‘entered’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A clean lenition set: the T between vowels stays in Italian (entrata), softens to d in Spanish (entrada) and vanishes in French (entrée).
English relatives: enter, entrance, entrée
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- esLa entrada al museo es gratuita los domingos.
- frL'entrée du musée est gratuite le dimanche.
- itL'entrata al museo è gratuita la domenica.
- ptA entrada no museu é gratuita aos domingos.
- roIntrarea la muzeu este gratuită duminica.
- caL'entrada al museu és gratuïta els diumenges.
- enEntry to the museum is free on Sundays.