"information" in seven languages
Meaninginformation
Spanish
información
/infoɾmaˈθjon/
fem.learned
French
information
/ɛ̃fɔʁmasjɔ̃/
fem.learned
Les informations (les infos) is also the TV or radio news.
Italian
informazione
/informatˈtsjone/
fem.learned
Portuguese
informação
/ĩfohmaˈsɐ̃w/
fem.learned
Romanian
informație
/inforˈmatsie/
fem.learned
Catalan
informació
/infuɾməsiˈo/
fem.learned
English
information
/ˌɪnfɚˈmeɪʃən/
from Latin/French · Old French informacion, from Latin
English → ItalianinformationinformazioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
INFORMĀTIŌNEM‘a shaping; an outline, idea’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Unlike English, the sisters count it: una información, des informations, delle informazioni. To 'inform' was first to give shape to something.
English relatives: inform, form, formation
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In a sentence
- esGracias por la información.
- frMerci pour les informations.
- itGrazie per le informazioni.
- ptObrigado pela informação.
- roMulțumesc pentru informație.
- caGràcies per la informació.
- enThanks for the information.