"exclusive" in seven languages
Meaningexclusive
Spanish
exclusivo
/ekskluˈsibo/
learned
French
exclusif
/ɛksklyzif/
learned
fem.: exclusive
Italian
esclusivo
/eskluˈzivo/
learned
Portuguese
exclusivo
/iskluˈzivu/
learned
Romanian
exclusiv
/ekskluˈsiv/
learned
Catalan
exclusiu
/əkskluˈziw/
learned
fem.: exclusiva
English
exclusive
/ɪkˈsklusɪv/
from Latin/French · Medieval Latin EXCLŪSĪVUS
English → ItalianexclusiveesclusivoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
EXCLŪSĪVUM‘shutting out’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
From EXCLŪDERE 'to shut out' (EX + CLAUDERE). Italian writes learned ex- as es-, so English ex- words usually have an Italian twin in es-.
English relatives: exclude, include, conclude, closet
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In a sentence
- esLa revista publicó una entrevista exclusiva.
- frLe magazine a publié une interview exclusive.
- itLa rivista ha pubblicato un'intervista esclusiva.
- ptA revista publicou uma entrevista exclusiva.
- roRevista a publicat un interviu exclusiv.
- caLa revista va publicar una entrevista exclusiva.
- enThe magazine published an exclusive interview.
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