"preparation" in seven languages
Meaningpreparation
Spanish
preparación
/pɾepaɾaˈθjon/
fem.learned
French
préparation
/pʁepaʁasjɔ̃/
fem.learned
Italian
preparazione
/preparatˈtsjone/
fem.learned
Portuguese
preparação
/pɾepaɾaˈsɐ̃w/
fem.learned
Romanian
pregătire
/preɡəˈtire/
fem.other source · pregăti 'to prepare', from Slavic (Old Church Slavonic gotovŭ 'ready')
Catalan
preparació
/pɾəpəɾəsiˈo/
fem.learned
English
preparation
/pɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃən/
from Latin/French · Latin PRAEPARĀTIŌNEM, via Old French
English → ItalianpreparationpreparazioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
PRAEPARĀTIŌNEM‘a making ready (PARĀRE 'to make ready')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A textbook -TIŌNEM word: -ción, -tion, -zione, English -tion. PARĀRE 'to make ready' also hides in apparatus and in repair, 'to make ready again'.
English relatives: prepare, apparatus, repair
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In a sentence
- esLa preparación lleva una hora.
- frLa préparation prend une heure.
- itLa preparazione richiede un'ora.
- ptA preparação leva uma hora.
- roPregătirea durează o oră.
- caLa preparació dura una hora.
- enThe preparation takes an hour.
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