"petition" in seven languages
Meaningpetition
Spanish
petición
/petiˈθjon/
fem.learned
Also any everyday request: a petición del público.
French
pétition
/petisjɔ̃/
fem.learned
Italian
petizione
/petitˈtsjone/
fem.learned
Portuguese
petição
/petʃiˈsɐ̃w/
fem.learned
A petition gathering signatures is usually an abaixo-assinado.
Romanian
petiție
/peˈtitsje/
fem.learned
Catalan
petició
/pətisiˈo/
fem.learned
English
petition
/pəˈtɪʃən/
from Latin/French · Old French peticion, Latin PETĪTIŌNEM
English → ItalianpetitionpetizioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
PETĪTIŌNEM‘a request (PETERE 'to seek')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
From PETERE 'to seek, aim at', the verb also inside compete and repeat. Spanish petición is any request; French and Italian keep it mostly for a signed petition.
English relatives: appetite, compete, repeat
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In a sentence
- esMiles de personas firmaron la petición.
- frDes milliers de personnes ont signé la pétition.
- itMigliaia di persone hanno firmato la petizione.
- ptMilhares de pessoas assinaram a petição.
- roMii de oameni au semnat petiția.
- caMilers de persones van signar la petició.
- enThousands of people signed the petition.