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"journal (diary)" in seven languages

Meaningjournal (diary)

Spanish

diario

/ˈdjaɾjo/

masc.other source · Latin DIĀRIUM (learned)

Also 'daily newspaper': un diario.

French

journal

/ʒuʁnal/

masc.inherited

plural: journaux

Alone it usually means 'newspaper'; a personal diary is un journal intime.

Italian

diario

/ˈdjarjo/

masc.other source · Latin DIĀRIUM (learned)

Portuguese

diário

/dʒiˈaɾju/

masc.other source · Latin DIĀRIUM (learned)

Romanian

jurnal

/ʒurˈnal/

neut.borrowed · French journal

Also 'newspaper'; a personal diary is a jurnal intim.

Catalan

diari

/diˈaɾi/

masc.other source · Latin DIĀRIUM (learned)

Also 'daily newspaper'.

English

journal

/ˈdʒɝnəl/

from Latin/French · Old French jornal 'daily'

English → Italianjournal (diary)diarioNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: diurnal, journey, journalist, sojourn; diary (es, it).What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

DIURNĀLEM‘daily’

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

The story

Both words hide DIĒS 'day': French journal from DIURNĀLIS 'daily', Spanish and Italian diario from DIĀRIUM. English journey was first 'a day's travel'.

English relatives: diurnal, journey, journalist, sojourn; diary (es, it)

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In a sentence

  • esEscribe en su diario todas las noches.
  • frElle écrit dans son journal intime tous les soirs.
  • itScrive sul suo diario ogni sera.
  • ptEla escreve no diário todas as noites.
  • roÎși scrie jurnalul în fiecare seară.
  • caEscriu al seu diari cada nit.
  • enShe writes in her journal every night.

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