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"position" in seven languages

Meaningposition

Spanish

posición

/posiˈθjon/

fem.learned

French

position

/pozisjɔ̃/

fem.learned

Italian

posizione

/pozitˈtsjone/

fem.learned

Portuguese

posição

/poziˈsɐ̃w/

fem.learned

Romanian

poziție

/poˈzitsie/

fem.learned

Catalan

posició

/puziˈsjo/

fem.learned

English

position

/pəˈzɪʃən/

from Latin/French · Old French position, from Latin

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

The Latin ancestor

POSITIŌNEM‘placing (from PŌNERE 'to put')’

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

The story

A textbook -TIŌNEM word: -ción, -tion, -zione. The verb behind it, PŌNERE, lives on as everyday Spanish poner and Italian porre 'to put', while French pondre now only means 'to lay eggs'.

English relatives: positive, pose, deposit, opposite

Sound laws at work

-TIŌNEM: learned -ción, inherited -zón

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In a sentence

  • esCambia de posición si te duele la espalda.
  • frChange de position si tu as mal au dos.
  • itCambia posizione se ti fa male la schiena.
  • ptMude de posição se as costas doerem.
  • roSchimbă poziția dacă te doare spatele.
  • caCanvia de posició si et fa mal l'esquena.
  • enChange position if your back hurts.

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