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"practical" in seven languages

Meaningpractical

Spanish

práctico

/ˈpɾaktiko/

learned

French

pratique

/pʁatik/

learned

Also 'handy, convenient': c'est pratique.

Italian

pratico

/ˈpratiko/

learned

Portuguese

prático

/ˈpɾatʃiku/

learned

Romanian

practic

/ˈpraktik/

learned

Catalan

pràctic

/ˈpɾaktik/

learned

English

practical

/ˈpɹæktɪkəl/

from Latin/French · Late Latin practicus + -al

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

The Latin ancestor

PRACTICUM‘active, practical (Greek praktikós)’

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

The story

French and Italian dropped the c even in this bookish word (pratique, pratico); Spanish keeps it. The feminine doubles as the noun 'practice': la práctica, la pratique, la pratica.

English relatives: practice, practise

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In a sentence

  • esEs una solución muy práctica.
  • frC'est une solution très pratique.
  • itÈ una soluzione molto pratica.
  • ptÉ uma solução muito prática.
  • roE o soluție foarte practică.
  • caÉs una solució molt pràctica.
  • enIt's a very practical solution.

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