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"participation" in seven languages

Meaningparticipation

Spanish

participación

/paɾtiθipaˈθjon/

fem.learned

French

participation

/paʁtisipasjɔ̃/

fem.learned

Italian

partecipazione

/partetʃipatˈtsjone/

fem.learned

Portuguese

participação

/pahtʃisipaˈsɐ̃w/

fem.learned

Romanian

participare

/partitʃiˈpare/

fem.learned

Catalan

participació

/pəɾtisipəˈsjo/

fem.learned

English

participation

/pɑɹˌtɪsəˈpeɪʃən/

from Latin/French · Latin PARTICIPĀTIŌNEM, via Old French

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

The Latin ancestor

PARTICIPĀTIŌNEM‘a sharing (PARS + CAPERE)’

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

The story

PARS 'part' + CAPERE 'to take': taking part, word for word. Italian has e where Latin had I (partecipare).

English relatives: participate, participle, part

Sound laws at work

-TIŌNEM: learned -ción, inherited -zónC before E and I

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In a sentence

  • esLa participación en la votación fue baja.
  • frLa participation au vote a été faible.
  • itLa partecipazione al voto è stata bassa.
  • ptA participação na votação foi baixa.
  • roParticiparea la vot a fost scăzută.
  • caLa participació a la votació va ser baixa.
  • enParticipation in the vote was low.

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