"justice" in seven languages
Meaningjustice
Spanish
justicia
/xusˈtiθja/
fem.learned
French
justice
/ʒystis/
fem.learned
Italian
giustizia
/dʒusˈtittsja/
fem.learned
Portuguese
justiça
/ʒusˈtʃisɐ/
fem.learned
Romanian
dreptate
/drepˈtate/
fem.other source · Romanian drept 'right, straight' (Latin DĪRĒCTUM) + -ate
Learned justiție means the court system.
Catalan
justícia
/ʒusˈtisiə/
fem.learned
English
justice
/ˈdʒʌstɪs/
from Latin/French · Old French justice
English → ItalianjusticegiustiziaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
IŪSTITIAM‘justice (IŪS 'law, right')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Even learned words took the local sound for Latin I-/J-: Spanish x, French ʒ, Italian dʒ (written gi-).
English relatives: justice, just, jury, injury
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In a sentence
- esQueremos justicia.
- frNous voulons la justice.
- itVogliamo giustizia.
- ptQueremos justiça.
- roVrem dreptate.
- caVolem justícia.
- enWe want justice.