"individual" in seven languages
Meaningindividual
Spanish
individual
/indibiˈdwal/
learned
Una habitación individual is a single room.
French
individuel
/ɛ̃dividɥɛl/
learned
fem.: individuelle
Italian
individuale
/indiviˈdwale/
learned
Portuguese
individual
/ĩdʒividuˈaw/
learned
Romanian
individual
/individuˈal/
learned
Catalan
individual
/indibiduˈal/
learned
English
individual
/ɪndəˈvɪdʒuəl/
from Latin/French · Medieval Latin INDIVIDUĀLIS
English → ItalianindividualindividualeCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
INDIVIDUUM‘indivisible (IN- 'not' + DĪVIDERE 'to divide')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
An individual is literally 'what cannot be divided' — Latin's translation of Greek atomos.
English relatives: individual, divide, division
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In a sentence
- esCada alumno recibe atención individual.
- frChaque élève reçoit une attention individuelle.
- itOgni studente riceve un'attenzione individuale.
- ptCada aluno recebe atenção individual.
- roFiecare elev primește atenție individuală.
- caCada alumne rep una atenció individual.
- enEach student gets individual attention.
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