"function" in seven languages

Meaningfunction

Spanish

función

/funˈθjon/

fem.learned

Also a theatre or cinema show.

French

fonction

/fɔ̃ksjɔ̃/

fem.learned

Also a post or office: la fonction publique 'the civil service'.

Italian

funzione

/funˈtsjone/

fem.learned

Portuguese

função

/fũˈsɐ̃w/

fem.learned

Romanian

funcție

/ˈfunktsie/

fem.learned

Catalan

funció

/funsiˈo/

fem.learned

English

function

/ˈfʌŋkʃən/

from Latin/French · Old French fonction / Latin functio

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

The Latin ancestor

FUNCTIŌNEM‘performance, execution’

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

From FUNGĪ 'to perform': defunct is 'done performing'. A textbook -TIŌNEM word: -ción, -tion, -zione.

English relatives: functional, defunct