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"match, game (sport)" in seven languages

Meaningmatch, game (sport)

Spanish

partido

/paɾˈtido/

masc.inherited

Also a political party.

French

match

/matʃ/

masc.other source · English match

plural: matchs

Italian

partita

/parˈtita/

fem.inherited

Also a game of cards or chess; a political party is partito.

Portuguese

partida

/pahˈtʃidɐ/

fem.inherited

Jogo is just as common in Brazil.

Romanian

meci

/metʃ/

neut.other source · English match

Catalan

partit

/pəɾˈtit/

masc.inherited

English

match

/mætʃ/

native English · Old English gemæcca 'mate, equal'

Match 'for lighting a fire' is a different word.

English → Italianmatch, game (sport)partitaNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: part, party, partition.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

PARTĪTUM‘divided, shared out (PARTĪRE)’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

Spanish and Italian name the game after splitting into sides (PARTĪRE 'to divide'). French borrowed English match, but still says une partie for cards or chess.

English relatives: part, party, partition

Sound laws at work

Voiceless stops between vowels soften

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In a sentence

  • esVimos el partido en la tele.
  • frOn a regardé le match à la télé.
  • itAbbiamo visto la partita in TV.
  • ptVimos a partida na TV.
  • roAm văzut meciul la televizor.
  • caVam veure el partit a la tele.
  • enWe watched the match on TV.

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