"negative" in seven languages
Meaningnegative
Spanish
negativo
/negaˈtibo/
learned
French
négatif
/negatif/
learned
fem.: négative
Italian
negativo
/negaˈtivo/
learned
Portuguese
negativo
/negaˈtʃivu/
learned
Romanian
negativ
/negaˈtiv/
learned
Catalan
negatiu
/nəgəˈtiw/
learned
English
negative
/ˈnɛgətɪv/
from Latin/French · Old French negatif / Latin negativus
English → ItaliannegativenegativoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
NEGĀTĪVUM‘denying’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Learned and nearly identical everywhere. The inherited verb behind it, NEGĀRE, survives as negar, negare — and French wore it down to nier.
English relatives: negate, negation, deny
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In a sentence
- esLa prueba dio negativo.
- frLe test est négatif.
- itIl test è risultato negativo.
- ptO teste deu negativo.
- roTestul a ieșit negativ.
- caLa prova ha donat negatiu.
- enThe test was negative.
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