"national" in seven languages
Meaningnational
Spanish
nacional
/naθjoˈnal/
learned
French
national
/nasjɔnal/
learned
fem.: nationale
Masculine plural nationaux.
Italian
nazionale
/nattsjoˈnale/
learned
Portuguese
nacional
/nasjoˈnaw/
learned
Romanian
național
/natsjoˈnal/
borrowed · French national
Catalan
nacional
/nəsiuˈnal/
learned
English
national
/ˈnæʃənəl/
from Latin/French · French national
English → ItaliannationalnazionaleCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
NĀTIŌNEM‘birth, people (from NĀSCĪ 'to be born')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Built on nation in each language, so it follows the -tion pattern: -cional, -tional, -zionale. French says the t as s, Italian as tts.
English relatives: nation, native, nature
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In a sentence
- esHoy es fiesta nacional.
- frAujourd'hui, c'est la fête nationale.
- itOggi è festa nazionale.
- ptHoje é feriado nacional.
- roAzi e sărbătoare națională.
- caAvui és festa nacional.
- enToday is a national holiday.