"nation" in seven languages
Meaningnation
Spanish
nación
/naˈθjon/
fem.learned
French
nation
/nasjɔ̃/
fem.learned
Italian
nazione
/natˈtsjone/
fem.learned
Portuguese
nação
/naˈsɐ̃w/
fem.learned
Romanian
națiune
/natsiˈune/
fem.learned
Catalan
nació
/nəsiˈo/
fem.learned
English
nation
/ˈneɪʃən/
from Latin/French · Old French nacion
English → ItaliannationnazioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
NĀTIŌNEM‘birth; a people, a breed (NĀSCĪ 'to be born')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A nation is the people you are born into. The -TIŌNEM decoder: -ción, -tion, -zione — thousands of words convert this way.
English relatives: nation, native, nature, natal
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In a sentence
- esLas Naciones Unidas.
- frLes Nations unies.
- itLe Nazioni Unite.
- ptAs Nações Unidas.
- roNațiunile Unite.
- caLes Nacions Unides.
- enThe United Nations.