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"registration (signing up)" in seven languages

Meaningregistration (signing up)

Spanish

inscripción

/inskɾipˈθjon/

fem.learned

For a university course, Spain also says matrícula.

French

inscription

/ɛ̃skʁipsjɔ̃/

fem.learned

Italian

iscrizione

/iskritˈtsjone/

fem.learned

Portuguese

inscrição

/ĩskɾiˈsɐ̃w/

fem.learned

Romanian

înscriere

/ɨnˈskrjere/

fem.other source · înscrie 'to enrol' (în + scrie, Latin SCRĪBERE)

Catalan

inscripció

/iŋskɾipsiˈo/

fem.learned

English

registration

/ɹɛdʒɪˈstɹeɪʃən/

other source · Medieval Latin registrum 'list, register'

English → Italianregistration (signing up)iscrizioneNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: inscription, script, scribe.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

INSCRĪPTIŌNEM‘a writing-in (SCRĪBERE 'to write')’

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

The story

English registers; the sisters 'write themselves in': inscribirse, s'inscrire, iscriversi. Italian dropped the n of IN- before s, as in istituto.

English relatives: inscription, script, scribe

Sound laws at work

-TIŌNEM: learned -ción, inherited -zón

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In a sentence

  • esLa inscripción se cierra el viernes.
  • frLes inscriptions se terminent vendredi.
  • itLe iscrizioni chiudono venerdì.
  • ptAs inscrições terminam na sexta-feira.
  • roÎnscrierile se închid vineri.
  • caLes inscripcions es tanquen divendres.
  • enRegistration closes on Friday.

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