"process" in seven languages
Meaningprocess
Spanish
proceso
/pɾoˈθeso/
masc.learned
Also a court case.
French
processus
/pʁɔsesys/
masc.learned
Un procès is a lawsuit or trial — a false friend.
Italian
processo
/proˈtʃɛsso/
masc.learned
Also means a criminal trial.
Portuguese
processo
/pɾoˈsɛsu/
masc.learned
Also 'lawsuit'.
Romanian
proces
/proˈtʃes/
neut.learned
Also 'lawsuit, trial'.
Catalan
procés
/pɾuˈses/
masc.learned
English
process
/ˈpɹɑsɛs/
from Latin/French · Old French proces / Latin PROCESSUS
English → ItalianprocessprocessoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
PROCESSUM‘advance, progress (from PROCĒDERE 'to go forward')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A lawsuit 'proceeds', so the word also means 'trial' in Spanish and Italian. French split it: procès for the courtroom, Latin processus for the general sense.
English relatives: proceed, procedure, procession
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In a sentence
- esEs un proceso lento.
- frC'est un processus lent.
- itÈ un processo lento.
- ptÉ um processo lento.
- roEste un proces lent.
- caÉs un procés lent.
- enIt's a slow process.