"leader" in seven languages
Meaningleader
Spanish
/ˈlideɾ/
masc.borrowed · English leader
Plural líderes; also dirigente, jefe.
French
/lidœʁ/
masc.borrowed · English leader
Mostly politics, business and sport; otherwise chef or dirigeant.
Italian
/ˈlider/
masc.borrowed · English leader
Invariable: i leader.
Portuguese
/ˈlideh/
masc.borrowed · English leader
Romanian
/ˈlider/
masc.borrowed · English leader
Catalan
/ˈlidəɾ/
masc.borrowed · English leader
Also dirigent, cap.
English
/ˈlidɚ/
from Latin/French · Old English lǣdere (English is the source)
The ancestor
English leader‘one who leads’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A loan in the other direction: Latin gave English thousands of words, and English gave back leader. Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian respelled it (líder, lider); French and Italian keep the English letters.
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In a sentence
- esEs el líder del grupo.
- frC'est le leader du groupe.
- itÈ il leader del gruppo.
- ptEle é o líder do grupo.
- roEl este liderul grupului.
- caÉs el líder del grup.
- enHe is the leader of the group.