"jury (in a trial)" in seven languages
Meaningjury (in a trial)
Spanish
jurado
/xuˈɾado/
masc.inherited
Literally 'sworn', from jurar; it also names a single juror and a contest's panel of judges.
French
jury
/ʒyʁi/
masc.borrowed · English jury (itself from Anglo-French juree)
Italian
giuria
/dʒuˈria/
fem.borrowed · English jury, Italianized
Portuguese
júri
/ˈʒuɾi/
masc.borrowed · English jury
Romanian
juriu
/ʒuˈriw/
neut.borrowed · French jury
Catalan
jurat
/ʒuˈɾat/
masc.inherited
English
jury
/ˈdʒʊɹi/
from Latin/French · Anglo-French juree 'oath, inquiry'
English → Italianjury (in a trial)giuriaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
IŪRĀRE‘to swear’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
French jury made a round trip: an Anglo-Norman word for a sworn inquiry grew into the English jury, which French then borrowed back; Italian adapted it as giuria.
English relatives: juror, perjury
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In a sentence
- esEl jurado lo declaró culpable.
- frLe jury l'a déclaré coupable.
- itLa giuria lo ha dichiarato colpevole.
- ptO júri o considerou culpado.
- roJuriul l-a găsit vinovat.
- caEl jurat el va declarar culpable.
- enThe jury found him guilty.