"institution" in seven languages
Meaninginstitution
Spanish
institución
/instituˈθjon/
fem.learned
French
institution
/ɛ̃stitysjɔ̃/
fem.learned
Italian
istituzione
/istitutˈtsjone/
fem.learned
l'istituzione
Portuguese
instituição
/ĩstʃitujˈsɐ̃w/
fem.learned
Romanian
instituție
/instiˈtutsie/
fem.learned
Catalan
institució
/institusiˈo/
fem.learned
English
institution
/ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃən/
from Latin/French · Old French institution, from Latin
English → ItalianinstitutionistituzioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
INSTITŪTIŌNEM‘an arrangement, custom’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
From INSTITUERE 'to set up', built on STATUERE 'to make stand': an institution is something set up to last. Italian again turns ins- into is-.
English relatives: institute, constitution, statute
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In a sentence
- esLa universidad es una institución muy antigua.
- frL'université est une institution très ancienne.
- itL'università è un'istituzione molto antica.
- ptA universidade é uma instituição muito antiga.
- roUniversitatea este o instituție foarte veche.
- caLa universitat és una institució molt antiga.
- enThe university is a very old institution.
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