"reaction" in seven languages
Meaningreaction
Spanish
reacción
/reakˈθjon/
fem.learned
French
réaction
/ʁeaksjɔ̃/
fem.learned
Italian
reazione
/reatˈtsjone/
fem.learned
Portuguese
reação
/heaˈsɐ̃w/
fem.learned
Romanian
reacție
/reˈaktsie/
fem.learned
Catalan
reacció
/rəəksiˈo/
fem.learned
English
reaction
/ɹiˈækʃən/
from Latin/French · Medieval Latin REACTIŌNEM (perhaps via French)
English → ItalianreactionreazioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
REACTIŌNEM (Medieval Latin)‘a counter-action’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A medieval re- + ACTIŌ 'a doing back'. Spanish doubles the c (reacción: [kθ]), Italian swallows it into z (reazione).
English relatives: react, action, act
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In a sentence
- es¿Cuál fue su reacción?
- frQuelle a été sa réaction ?
- itQual è stata la sua reazione?
- ptQual foi a reação dele?
- roCare a fost reacția lui?
- caQuina va ser la seva reacció?
- enWhat was his reaction?
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