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"procedure" in seven languages

Meaningprocedure

Spanish

procedimiento

/pɾoθediˈmjento/

masc.learned

Built on proceder with -miento; for paperwork Spaniards also say trámite.

French

procédure

/pʁɔsedyʁ/

fem.learned

Italian

procedura

/protʃeˈdura/

fem.learned

Portuguese

procedimento

/pɾosedʒiˈmẽtu/

masc.learned

Romanian

procedură

/proteˈdurə/

fem.borrowed · French procédure

Catalan

procediment

/pɾusədiˈmen/

masc.learned

English

procedure

/pɹəˈsidʒɚ/

from Latin/French · French procédure

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

The Latin ancestor

PRŌCĒDERE‘to go forward’

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

The story

A procedure is the way a matter 'goes forward'. Spanish builds its noun differently (procedimiento), while French and Italian share the ending -ure / -ura.

English relatives: proceed, process, procession

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In a sentence

  • esTenemos que seguir el procedimiento.
  • frNous devons suivre la procédure.
  • itDobbiamo seguire la procedura.
  • ptTemos que seguir o procedimento.
  • roTrebuie să respectăm procedura.
  • caHem de seguir el procediment.
  • enWe have to follow the procedure.

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