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"event" in seven languages

Meaningevent

Spanish

evento

/eˈbento/

masc.learned

Acontecimiento is the more traditional word.

French

événement

/evɛnmɑ̃/

masc.other source · French coinage on Latin ĒVENĪRE 'to come out, happen' + -ment

Also spelled évènement, matching the pronunciation.

Italian

evento

/eˈvɛnto/

masc.learned

Portuguese

evento

/eˈvẽtu/

masc.learned

Romanian

eveniment

/eveniˈment/

neut.other source · French événement (a French coinage on Latin ĒVENĪRE)

Catalan

esdeveniment

/əzdəbəniˈmen/

masc.other source · Catalan esdevenir 'to happen' (Latin EX + DĒ + VENĪRE) + -ment

English

event

/ɪˈvɛnt/

from Latin/French · Latin ēventus

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

The Latin ancestor

ĒVENTUM‘outcome (from ĒVENĪRE 'to come out')’

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

The story

ĒVENTUS was how things 'came out'. English eventually means 'in the end', but Spanish eventualmente and French éventuellement mean 'possibly': a classic false friend.

English relatives: eventual, eventually, venue, adventure

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  • esEl concierto fue el evento del año.
  • frLe concert a été l'événement de l'année.
  • itIl concerto è stato l'evento dell'anno.
  • ptO show foi o evento do ano.
  • roConcertul a fost evenimentul anului.
  • caEl concert va ser l'esdeveniment de l'any.
  • enThe concert was the event of the year.

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