"initiative" in seven languages
Meaninginitiative
Spanish
iniciativa
/iniθjaˈtiba/
fem.learned
French
initiative
/inisjativ/
fem.learned
Italian
iniziativa
/inittsjaˈtiva/
fem.learned
Portuguese
iniciativa
/inisjaˈtʃivɐ/
fem.learned
Romanian
inițiativă
/initsiaˈtivə/
fem.learned
Catalan
iniciativa
/inisiəˈtibə/
fem.learned
English
initiative
/ɪˈnɪʃətɪv/
from Latin/French · French initiative
English → ItalianinitiativeiniziativaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
INITIĀRE‘to begin; to initiate into rites’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A French learned coinage on INITIĀRE that the others followed. Each sister writes the Latin ti its own way: Spanish ci, French ti (said si), Italian zi.
English relatives: initial, initiate
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In a sentence
- esElla tomó la iniciativa.
- frElle a pris l'initiative.
- itHa preso l'iniziativa.
- ptEla tomou a iniciativa.
- roEa a luat inițiativa.
- caElla va prendre la iniciativa.
- enShe took the initiative.
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