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"November" in seven languages

MeaningNovember

Spanish

noviembre

/noˈbjembɾe/

masc.inherited

French

novembre

/nɔvɑ̃bʁ/

masc.inherited

Italian

novembre

/noˈvɛmbre/

masc.inherited

Portuguese

novembro

/noˈvẽbɾu/

masc.inherited

Romanian

noiembrie

/noˈjembrie/

masc.learned

Catalan

novembre

/nuˈbɛmbɾə/

masc.inherited

English

November

/noʊˈvɛmbɚ/

from Latin/French · Latin NOVEMBER

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

The Latin ancestor

NOVEMBREM‘the ninth month’

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

The story

The 'ninth' month (NOVEM 'nine') is the eleventh since the year moved its start from March to January. Spanish broke the stressed e into ie, as in siete and septiembre.

English relatives: November, novena

Sound laws at work

Stressed short E breaks into ieFrench vowel + nasal becomes a nasal vowel

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In a sentence

  • esEn noviembre llueve a menudo.
  • frIl pleut souvent en novembre.
  • itA novembre piove spesso.
  • ptEm novembro chove muito.
  • roÎn noiembrie plouă des.
  • caAl novembre plou sovint.
  • enIt often rains in November.

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