"recognition" in seven languages

Meaningrecognition

Spanish

reconocimiento

/rekonoθiˈmjento/

masc.inherited

Also a medical check-up: un reconocimiento médico.

French

reconnaissance

/ʁəkɔnɛsɑ̃s/

fem.inherited

Also 'gratitude' — and military reconnaissance.

Italian

riconoscimento

/rikonoʃʃiˈmento/

masc.inherited

Portuguese

reconhecimento

/hekoɲesiˈmẽtu/

masc.inherited

Romanian

recunoaștere

/rekuˈno̯aʃtere/

fem.inherited

The verbal noun of recunoaște, from RECOGNŌSCERE.

Catalan

reconeixement

/rəkunəʃəˈmen/

masc.inherited

English

recognition

/ɹɛkəgˈnɪʃən/

from Latin/French · Latin RECOGNITIŌNEM

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

The Latin ancestor

RECOGNŌSCERE‘to know again’

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

The story

The sisters build the noun on their own inherited verbs (reconocer, reconnaître, riconoscere); English took the learned Latin noun. French reconnaissance doubles as 'gratitude'.

English relatives: recognize, cognition, reconnaissance

Sound laws at work

C before E and I

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In a sentence

esEl premio le dio reconocimiento internacional.
frLe prix lui a valu une reconnaissance internationale.
itIl premio le ha dato un riconoscimento internazionale.
ptO prêmio lhe deu reconhecimento internacional.
roPremiul i-a adus recunoaștere internațională.
caEl premi li va donar reconeixement internacional.
enThe prize brought her international recognition.

More words from the same Latin

to recognizereconocerreconnaîtrericonoscerereconhecerrecunoaștereconèixer

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