"rapid" in seven languages
Meaningrapid
Spanish
rápido
/ˈrapido/
learned
The everyday word for fast; the inherited doublet raudo is poetic.
French
rapide
/ʁapid/
learned
Italian
rapido
/ˈrapido/
learned
Portuguese
rápido
/ˈhapidu/
learned
Romanian
rapid
/raˈpid/
learned
Catalan
ràpid
/ˈrapit/
learned
English
rapid
/ˈɹæpɪd/
from Latin/French · Latin RAPIDUS, via French
English → ItalianrapidrapidoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
RAPIDUM‘swift, snatching (RAPERE 'to seize')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Rapid in English is formal, but rápido, rapide, rapido are the everyday words for fast. Spanish also has the inherited raudo, worn down from the same RAPIDUM.
English relatives: rapids, rapture, ravish
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In a sentence
- esEl paciente tuvo una recuperación rápida.
- frLe patient s'est rétabli rapidement.
- itIl paziente ha avuto una rapida guarigione.
- ptO paciente teve uma recuperação rápida.
- roPacientul s-a recuperat rapid.
- caEl pacient va tenir una recuperació ràpida.
- enThe patient made a rapid recovery.