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"existence" in seven languages

Meaningexistence

Spanish

existencia

/eksisˈtenθja/

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French

existence

/ɛɡzistɑ̃s/

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Italian

esistenza

/ezisˈtɛntsa/

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Portuguese

existência

/ezisˈtẽsjɐ/

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Romanian

existență

/egzisˈtentsə/

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Catalan

existència

/əgzisˈtɛnsiə/

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English

existence

/ɪɡˈzɪstəns/

from Latin/French · Old French existence / Medieval Latin

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

The Latin ancestor

EXSISTENTIAM (Medieval Latin)‘existence’

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

The story

A philosophers' word from EXSISTERE 'to stand forth'. Italian, as always, writes no x: esistenza, esistere.

English relatives: exist, existential

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  • es¿Crees en la existencia de los fantasmas?
  • frTu crois à l'existence des fantômes ?
  • itCredi nell'esistenza dei fantasmi?
  • ptVocê acredita na existência de fantasmas?
  • roCrezi în existența fantomelor?
  • caCreus en l'existència dels fantasmes?
  • enDo you believe in the existence of ghosts?

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