"feature (characteristic)" in seven languages
Meaningfeature (characteristic)
Spanish
característica
/kaɾakteˈɾistika/
fem.learned
French
caractéristique
/kaʁakteʁistik/
fem.learned
Italian
caratteristica
/karatteˈristika/
fem.learned
Portuguese
característica
/kaɾakteˈɾistʃikɐ/
fem.learned
Romanian
caracteristică
/karakteˈristikə/
fem.borrowed · French caractéristique
Catalan
característica
/kəɾəktəˈɾistikə/
fem.learned
English
feature
/ˈfitʃɚ/
other source · Old French faiture 'making, shape' ← Latin FACTŪRA
English also has the cognate characteristic.
English → Italianfeature (characteristic)caratteristicaNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: characteristic, character.What English and Italian share
The ancestor
Greek kharaktēristikós‘distinctive, marking’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
The sisters use one learned Greek word, from kharaktḗr 'a stamp, an engraved mark'. English feature is unrelated: it is French faiture, 'the way something is made'.
English relatives: characteristic, character
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In a sentence
- esLa velocidad es su principal característica.
- frLa vitesse est sa principale caractéristique.
- itLa velocità è la sua caratteristica principale.
- ptA velocidade é a sua principal característica.
- roViteza este principala sa caracteristică.
- caLa velocitat és la seva característica principal.
- enSpeed is its main feature.