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"reform" in seven languages

Meaningreform

Spanish

reforma

/reˈfoɾma/

fem.learned

In Spain also a home renovation: estamos de reforma.

French

réforme

/ʁefɔʁm/

fem.learned

Italian

riforma

/riˈforma/

fem.learned

Portuguese

reforma

/heˈfɔhmɐ/

fem.learned

In Portugal reforma is also 'retirement (pension)'.

Romanian

reformă

/reˈformə/

fem.borrowed · French réforme

Catalan

reforma

/rəˈfɔrmə/

fem.learned

English

reform

/ɹɪˈfɔɹm/

from Latin/French · Old French reformer, from Latin REFORMĀRE

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

The Latin ancestor

REFORMĀRE‘to reshape’

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

The story

The Protestant Reformation is la Reforma, la Réforme, la Riforma. Italian regularly turns the prefix re- into ri-.

English relatives: form, reformation, transform

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In a sentence

  • esEl Gobierno anunció una reforma fiscal.
  • frLe gouvernement a annoncé une réforme fiscale.
  • itIl governo ha annunciato una riforma fiscale.
  • ptO governo anunciou uma reforma tributária.
  • roGuvernul a anunțat o reformă fiscală.
  • caEl Govern va anunciar una reforma fiscal.
  • enThe government announced a tax reform.

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