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"frequency" in seven languages

Meaningfrequency

Spanish

frecuencia

/fɾeˈkwenθja/

fem.learned

French

fréquence

/fʁekɑ̃s/

fem.learned

Italian

frequenza

/freˈkwɛntsa/

fem.learned

Also 'attendance': la frequenza è obbligatoria.

Portuguese

frequência

/fɾeˈkwẽsjɐ/

fem.learned

Romanian

frecvență

/frekˈventsə/

fem.learned

Catalan

freqüència

/fɾəˈkwɛnsiə/

fem.learned

English

frequency

/ˈfɹikwənsi/

from Latin/French · Latin FREQUENTIA

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

The Latin ancestor

FREQUENTIAM‘a crowd, crowding’

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

The story

Latin FREQUENS meant 'crowded, packed'; a frequent event is one crowded close to the next. Italian frequentare la scuola means simply to attend school.

English relatives: frequent, frequently

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In a sentence

  • es¿En qué frecuencia está esta emisora?
  • frSur quelle fréquence est cette station de radio ?
  • itSu che frequenza trasmette questa radio?
  • ptEm que frequência está essa rádio?
  • roPe ce frecvență e postul ăsta de radio?
  • caEn quina freqüència és aquesta emissora?
  • enWhat frequency is this radio station on?

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