"relationship" in seven languages
Meaningrelationship
Spanish
/ɾelaˈθjon/
fem.learned
French
/ʁəlasjɔ̃/
fem.learned
Italian
/relatˈtsjone/
fem.learned
Also 'report'; for relations between people in general, Italian often prefers rapporto.
Portuguese
/helasjonaˈmẽtu/
masc.other source · Portuguese relacionar (from relação, learned Latin RELĀTIŌNEM) + -mento
Romanian
/reˈlatsie/
fem.learned
Catalan
/rələˈsjo/
fem.learned
English
/ɹɪˈleɪʃənʃɪp/
from Latin/French · Anglo-French relacion + native -ship
The Latin ancestor
RELĀTIŌNEM‘a bringing back; a report’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
English adds the native -ship, while the sisters stop at the Latin noun. Since -TIŌNEM gives -ción / -tion / -zione, the word is easy to work out in every language.
English relatives: relation, relative, relate
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In a sentence
- esTienen una relación desde hace dos años.
- frIls ont une relation depuis deux ans.
- itHanno una relazione da due anni.
- ptEles estão num relacionamento há dois anos.
- roSunt într-o relație de doi ani.
- caFa dos anys que tenen una relació.
- enThey've been in a relationship for two years.