"note (written)" in seven languages

Meaningnote (written)

Spanish

nota

/ˈnota/

fem.learned

Also a school mark: sacar buenas notas.

French

note

/nɔt/

fem.learned

Also a school mark and a bill; a short message is often un mot.

Italian

nota

/ˈnɔta/

fem.learned

Notes taken in class are appunti.

Portuguese

nota

/ˈnɔtɐ/

fem.learned

Romanian

notă

/ˈnotə/

fem.learned

Catalan

nota

/ˈnɔtə/

fem.learned

English

note

/noʊt/

from Latin/French · Old French note, from Latin NOTA

English → Italiannote (written)notaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

NOTAM‘mark, sign’

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

NOTA was any mark that makes something known. In Spanish and French it is also the mark a teacher gives you, so 'good notes' are good grades.

English relatives: notice, notable, notation, notary