"label (tag)" in seven languages
Meaninglabel (tag)
Spanish
etiqueta
/etiˈketa/
fem.borrowed · French étiquette
French
étiquette
/etikɛt/
fem.inherited
Italian
etichetta
/etiˈketta/
fem.borrowed · French étiquette
Portuguese
etiqueta
/etʃiˈketɐ/
fem.borrowed · French étiquette
On food and bottles Brazilians say rótulo.
Romanian
etichetă
/etiˈketə/
fem.borrowed · French étiquette
Catalan
etiqueta
/ətiˈketə/
fem.borrowed · French étiquette
English
label
/ˈleɪbəl/
other source · Old French label 'ribbon, strip'
English → Italianlabel (tag)etichettaNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: etiquette, ticket.What English and Italian share
The ancestor
Old French estiquette‘note fixed to something (from estiquier 'to fix, stick')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
In all three the label also means 'etiquette', the written rules of conduct. English borrowed the French word twice: early as ticket, later as etiquette.
English relatives: etiquette, ticket
Learn it
In a sentence
- esLee la etiqueta antes de comprar.
- frLisez l'étiquette avant d'acheter.
- itLeggi l'etichetta prima di comprare.
- ptLeia a etiqueta antes de comprar.
- roCitește eticheta înainte să cumperi.
- caLlegeix l'etiqueta abans de comprar.
- enRead the label before you buy.
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