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"necessarily" in seven languages

Meaningnecessarily

Spanish

necesariamente

/neθesaɾjaˈmente/

learned

French

nécessairement

/nesesɛʁmɑ̃/

learned

Forcément is the everyday synonym.

Italian

necessariamente

/netʃessarjaˈmente/

learned

Portuguese

necessariamente

/nesesaɾjaˈmẽtʃi/

learned

Romanian

neapărat

/neapəˈrat/

other source · Romanian ne- 'un-' + apărat 'defended' (apăra, Latin APPARĀRE)

Catalan

necessàriament

/nəsəsaɾiəˈmen/

learned

English

necessarily

/ˌnɛsəˈsɛɹəli/

from Latin/French · necessary (Latin necessārius, via Old French) + -ly

English → ItaliannecessarilynecessariamenteCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

NECESSĀRIUM‘unavoidable’

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

The story

English adds -ly; the sisters add Latin MENTE 'with a mind' to the feminine adjective: necesaria-mente, nécessaire-ment, necessaria-mente.

English relatives: necessary, necessity

Sound laws at work

Adverbs in -mente / -ment

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In a sentence

  • esCaro no significa necesariamente mejor.
  • frCher ne veut pas nécessairement dire meilleur.
  • itCaro non vuol dire necessariamente migliore.
  • ptCaro não quer dizer necessariamente melhor.
  • roScump nu înseamnă neapărat mai bun.
  • caCar no vol dir necessàriament millor.
  • enExpensive doesn't necessarily mean better.

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