"immediate" in seven languages
Meaningimmediate
Spanish
inmediato
/inmeˈdjato/
learned
French
immédiat
/imedja/
learned
Italian
immediato
/immeˈdjato/
learned
Portuguese
imediato
/imeˈdʒjatu/
learned
Romanian
imediat
/imeˈdjat/
learned
Catalan
immediat
/imədiˈat/
learned
English
immediate
/ɪˈmidiət/
from Latin/French · Late Latin IMMEDIĀTUS, via French
English → ItalianimmediateimmediatoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
IMMEDIĀTUM (Late Latin)‘with nothing in between’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
IN- 'not' + MEDIUS 'middle': nothing stands in between. Spanish spells the prefix in- before m (inmediato, inmenso, inmortal) where French, Italian and English double the m.
English relatives: immediately, medium, intermediate, media
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In a sentence
- esNecesitamos una respuesta inmediata.
- frNous avons besoin d'une réponse immédiate.
- itAbbiamo bisogno di una risposta immediata.
- ptPrecisamos de uma resposta imediata.
- roAvem nevoie de un răspuns imediat.
- caNecessitem una resposta immediata.
- enWe need an immediate answer.
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