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"hatred, hate" in seven languages

Meaninghatred, hate

Spanish

odio

/ˈodjo/

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French

haine

/ɛn/

fem.other source · from haïr ← Frankish *hatjan 'to hate'

Its h is aspirated: la haine, never l'haine.

Italian

odio

/ˈɔdjo/

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Portuguese

ódio

/ˈɔdʒju/

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Romanian

ură

/ˈurə/

fem.other source · from urî 'to hate', from Latin HORRĒRE 'to shudder at'

Catalan

odi

/ˈɔdi/

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English

hate

/heɪt/

native English · Old English hete

English → Italianhatred, hateodioNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: odious, odium; annoy (IN ODIŌ); hate (a Germanic cognate of haine).What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

ODIUM‘hatred’

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

The story

Spanish and Italian took ODIUM straight from books. French hates in Frankish: haïr is a cognate of English hate.

English relatives: odious, odium; annoy (IN ODIŌ); hate (a Germanic cognate of haine)

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In a sentence

  • esDel amor al odio hay un paso.
  • frDe l'amour à la haine, il n'y a qu'un pas.
  • itDall'amore all'odio il passo è breve.
  • ptDo amor ao ódio é só um passo.
  • roDe la iubire la ură e doar un pas.
  • caDe l'amor a l'odi només hi ha un pas.
  • enIt's a short step from love to hate.

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