"physical" in seven languages
Meaningphysical
Spanish
físico
/ˈfisiko/
learned
French
physique
/fizik/
learned
As a noun, la physique is physics and le physique is a person's build.
Italian
fisico
/ˈfiziko/
learned
Portuguese
físico
/ˈfiziku/
learned
Romanian
fizic
/ˈfizik/
learned
Catalan
físic
/ˈfizik/
learned
English
physical
/ˈfɪzɪkəl/
from Latin/French · Medieval Latin PHYSICĀLIS
English → ItalianphysicalfisicoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
PHYSICUM‘of nature (Greek physikós, from phýsis 'nature')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spanish and Italian respell Greek ph as plain f; French and English keep the Greek look. The feminine nouns física, physique, fisica all mean 'physics'.
English relatives: physics, physician, physique
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In a sentence
- esLa actividad física es buena para la salud.
- frL'activité physique est bonne pour la santé.
- itL'attività fisica fa bene alla salute.
- ptA atividade física faz bem à saúde.
- roActivitatea fizică este bună pentru sănătate.
- caL'activitat física és bona per a la salut.
- enPhysical activity is good for your health.
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