"incredible" in seven languages
Meaningincredible
Spanish
increíble
/inkɾeˈible/
learned
Shaped after creer 'to believe', which lost the Latin d.
French
incroyable
/ɛ̃kʁwajabl/
other source · French in- + croyable (croire, Latin CRĒDERE)
Italian
incredibile
/inkreˈdibile/
learned
Portuguese
incrível
/ĩˈkɾivew/
learned
Romanian
incredibil
/inkreˈdibil/
learned
Catalan
increïble
/iŋkɾəˈiblə/
learned
English
incredible
/ɪnˈkɹɛdəbəl/
from Latin/French · Latin incrēdibilis
English → ItalianincredibleincredibileCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
INCRĒDIBILEM‘not to be believed’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Italian keeps the Latin word whole. French built its own on croire 'to believe', and Spanish matched the word to creer.
English relatives: credible, credit, creed
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In a sentence
- esLa vista es increíble.
- frLa vue est incroyable.
- itIl panorama è incredibile.
- ptA vista é incrível.
- roPriveliștea e incredibilă.
- caLa vista és increïble.
- enThe view is incredible.
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