"liquid" in seven languages
Meaningliquid
Spanish
líquido
/ˈlikido/
masc.learned
French
liquide
/likid/
masc.learned
Also cash: payer en liquide.
Italian
liquido
/ˈlikwido/
masc.learned
Portuguese
líquido
/ˈlikidu/
masc.learned
Romanian
lichid
/liˈkid/
neut.learned
Catalan
líquid
/ˈlikit/
masc.learned
English
liquid
/ˈlɪkwɪd/
from Latin/French · Old French liquide / Latin LIQUIDUS
English → ItalianliquidliquidoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
LIQUIDUM‘fluid, clear’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spanish and French dropped the w of Latin QU (lí-ki-do, li-kid); Italian and English kept it. French liquide also means cash, like English liquid assets.
English relatives: liquor, liqueur, liquidate
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In a sentence
- esNo lleves líquidos en el avión.
- frN'emporte pas de liquides dans l'avion.
- itNon portare liquidi in aereo.
- ptNão leve líquidos no avião.
- roNu lua lichide în avion.
- caNo portis líquids a l'avió.
- enDon't take liquids on the plane.
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