"regional" in seven languages
Meaningregional
Spanish
regional
/rexjoˈnal/
learned
French
régional
/ʁeʒjɔnal/
learned
Masculine plural régionaux.
Italian
regionale
/redʒoˈnale/
learned
Portuguese
regional
/heʒjoˈnaw/
learned
Romanian
regional
/redʒjoˈnal/
learned
Catalan
regional
/rəʒiuˈnal/
learned
English
regional
/ˈɹidʒənəl/
from Latin/French · Latin REGIŌNĀLEM
English → ItalianregionalregionaleCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
REGIŌNĀLEM‘of a region’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Learned and nearly identical, but the g before i shows the three modern outcomes: throaty x in Spanish, ʒ in French, dʒ in Italian. In Italy, regionale is also the slow local train.
English relatives: region, regime, regent
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In a sentence
- esProbamos los platos regionales.
- frNous avons goûté les plats régionaux.
- itAbbiamo assaggiato i piatti regionali.
- ptProvamos os pratos regionais.
- roAm gustat mâncărurile regionale.
- caVam tastar els plats regionals.
- enWe tried the regional dishes.
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