Skip to content

"practice (training)" in seven languages

Meaningpractice (training)

Spanish

práctica

/ˈpɾaktika/

fem.learned

French

pratique

/pʁatik/

fem.learned

Italian

pratica

/ˈpratika/

fem.learned

Portuguese

prática

/ˈpɾatʃikɐ/

fem.learned

Romanian

practică

/ˈpraktikə/

fem.learned

Catalan

pràctica

/ˈpɾaktikə/

fem.learned

English

practice

/ˈpɹæktɪs/

from Latin/French · Old French practique, Medieval Latin practica

English → Italianpractice (training)praticaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

PRACTICAM (Late Latin)‘practical knowledge (Greek praktikḗ)’

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

The story

French and Italian simplified the Greek kt to t (pratique, pratica); Spanish restored the c. The same word also means 'practical' as an adjective in all three.

English relatives: practical, pragmatic

Learn it

Practice the School & learning deckQuiz a friend on it

In a sentence

  • esHace falta mucha práctica.
  • frIl faut beaucoup de pratique.
  • itCi vuole molta pratica.
  • ptÉ preciso muita prática.
  • roE nevoie de multă practică.
  • caCal molta pràctica.
  • enIt takes a lot of practice.

More in School & learning

All School & learning words