"important" in seven languages
Meaningimportant
Spanish
importante
/impoɾˈtante/
learned
French
important
/ɛ̃pɔʁtɑ̃/
borrowed · Italian importante
Italian
importante
/imporˈtante/
learned
Portuguese
importante
/ĩpohˈtɐ̃tʃi/
learned
Romanian
important
/imporˈtant/
borrowed · French important
Catalan
important
/impuɾˈtan/
learned
English
important
/ɪmˈpɔɹtənt/
from Latin/French · French important
English → ItalianimportantimportanteCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
IMPORTANTEM (from IMPORTĀRE)‘bringing in; in Medieval Latin, carrying weight’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
IMPORTĀRE was to 'carry in'; what carries consequences matters. French took the adjective from Italian, and English from French.
English relatives: import, portable, porter, transport
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In a sentence
- esEs muy importante.
- frC'est très important.
- itÈ molto importante.
- ptÉ muito importante.
- roEste foarte important.
- caÉs molt important.
- enIt's very important.
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