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"introduction (of a book, talk)" in seven languages

Meaningintroduction (of a book, talk)

Spanish

introducción

/intɾodukˈθjon/

fem.learned

French

introduction

/ɛ̃tʁɔdyksjɔ̃/

fem.learned

Italian

introduzione

/introdutˈtsjone/

fem.learned

Portuguese

introdução

/ĩtɾoduˈsɐ̃w/

fem.learned

Romanian

introducere

/introˈdutʃere/

fem.other source · Romanian introduce + -ere, from Latin INTRŌDŪCERE 'to lead in'

Catalan

introducció

/intɾudukˈsjo/

fem.learned

English

introduction

/ɪntɹəˈdʌkʃən/

from Latin/French · Latin INTRŌDUCTIŌNEM, via Old French

English → Italianintroduction (of a book, talk)introduzioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

INTRŌDUCTIŌNEM‘a leading in’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

INTRŌ 'inside' + DŪCERE 'to lead'. Careful with the verbs: introducing a person is presentar / présenter / presentare, while introducir / introduire / introdurre mostly mean 'to insert'.

English relatives: introduce, conduct, produce, duct

Sound laws at work

-TIŌNEM: learned -ción, inherited -zón

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In a sentence

  • esLee primero la introducción.
  • frLisez d'abord l'introduction.
  • itLeggi prima l'introduzione.
  • ptLeia a introdução primeiro.
  • roCitește mai întâi introducerea.
  • caLlegeix primer la introducció.
  • enRead the introduction first.

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