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"reduction" in seven languages

Meaningreduction

Spanish

reducción

/redukˈθjon/

fem.learned

French

réduction

/ʁedyksjɔ̃/

fem.learned

Also the everyday word for a discount in a shop.

Italian

riduzione

/riduˈtsjone/

fem.learned

Portuguese

redução

/heduˈsɐ̃w/

fem.learned

Romanian

reducere

/reˈdutʃere/

fem.learned

In shops reducere is a discount.

Catalan

reducció

/rəduksiˈo/

fem.learned

English

reduction

/ɹɪˈdʌkʃən/

from Latin/French · Latin RĒDUCTIŌNEM, via French

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

The Latin ancestor

RĒDUCTIŌNEM‘a leading back’

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

The story

A textbook -TIŌNEM word: -ción, -tion, -zione, -tion. Italian also turns the prefix re- into ri-, as in ridurre 'to reduce'.

English relatives: reduce, reductive

Sound laws at work

-TIŌNEM: learned -ción, inherited -zón

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In a sentence

  • esHubo una reducción de los precios.
  • frIl y a eu une réduction des prix.
  • itC'è stata una riduzione dei prezzi.
  • ptHouve uma redução dos preços.
  • roA avut loc o reducere a prețurilor.
  • caHi va haver una reducció dels preus.
  • enThere was a reduction in prices.

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