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"numerous, many" in seven languages

Meaningnumerous, many

Spanish

numeroso

/numeˈɾoso/

learned

French

nombreux

/nɔ̃bʁø/

inherited

fem.: nombreuse

Shaped by nombre 'number'.

Italian

numeroso

/numeˈroso/

learned

Portuguese

numeroso

/numeˈɾozu/

learned

Romanian

numeros

/numeˈros/

learned

Catalan

nombrós

/numˈbɾos/

inherited

Built on inherited nombre 'number', with the mbr of French nombreux.

English

numerous

/ˈnumɚəs/

from Latin/French · Latin NUMERŌSUS

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

The Latin ancestor

NUMERŌSUM‘numerous; rhythmic’

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

The story

French grew a b between m and r (NUMERUM → nombre, as CAMERAM → chambre), so nombreux hides what numeroso shows. In French it usually goes before the noun: de nombreux exemples.

English relatives: number, numeral, numerical

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In a sentence

  • esHay numerosos ejemplos.
  • frIl y a de nombreux exemples.
  • itCi sono numerosi esempi.
  • ptHá numerosos exemplos.
  • roExistă numeroase exemple.
  • caHi ha nombrosos exemples.
  • enThere are numerous examples.

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