"equivalent" in seven languages
Meaningequivalent
Spanish
equivalente
/ekibaˈlente/
learned
French
équivalent
/ekivalɑ̃/
learned
Italian
equivalente
/ekwivaˈlɛnte/
learned
Portuguese
equivalente
/ekivaˈlẽtʃi/
learned
Romanian
echivalent
/ekivaˈlent/
learned
Catalan
equivalent
/əkibəˈlen/
learned
English
equivalent
/ɪˈkwɪvələnt/
from Latin/French · Late Latin AEQUIVALENTEM, via French
English → ItalianequivalentequivalenteCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
AEQUIVALENTEM‘of equal worth (Late Latin, AEQUUS 'equal' + VALĒRE 'to be worth')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A Late Latin compound of AEQUUS 'equal' and VALĒRE 'to be worth'. Spanish qui is plain [ki]; Italian keeps the [kw] (ekwivalente).
English relatives: equal, value, equivalence, valid
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In a sentence
- esUna milla es equivalente a 1,6 kilómetros.
- frUn mile est équivalent à 1,6 kilomètre.
- itUn miglio è equivalente a 1,6 chilometri.
- ptUma milha equivale a 1,6 quilômetro.
- roO milă este echivalentă cu 1,6 kilometri.
- caUna milla equival a 1,6 quilòmetres.
- enA mile is equivalent to 1.6 kilometres.
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