"experiment" in seven languages
Meaningexperiment
Spanish
experimento
/ekspeɾiˈmento/
masc.learned
French
expérience
/ɛkspeʁjɑ̃s/
fem.other source · Latin EXPERIENTIAM 'trial, experience' (learned)
Means both experience and experiment; expérimentation is the formal word.
Italian
esperimento
/esperiˈmento/
masc.learned
Portuguese
experimento
/espeɾiˈmẽtu/
masc.learned
Romanian
experiment
/eksperiˈment/
neut.learned
Catalan
experiment
/əkspəɾiˈmen/
masc.learned
English
experiment
/ɪkˈspɛɹəmənt/
from Latin/French · Latin EXPERĪMENTUM, via Old French
English → ItalianexperimentesperimentoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
EXPERĪMENTUM‘trial, test (EXPERĪRĪ 'to try')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
French faire une expérience usually means running an experiment, a trap for English speakers. Italian simplified ex- to es-, as in esempio.
English relatives: experience, expert, peril
Learn it
In a sentence
- esHicimos un experimento en clase.
- frNous avons fait une expérience en classe.
- itAbbiamo fatto un esperimento in classe.
- ptFizemos um experimento na aula.
- roAm făcut un experiment la oră.
- caVam fer un experiment a classe.
- enWe did an experiment in class.
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