"religion" in seven languages
Meaningreligion
Spanish
religión
/reliˈxjon/
fem.learned
French
religion
/ʁəliʒjɔ̃/
fem.learned
Italian
religione
/reliˈdʒone/
fem.learned
Portuguese
religião
/heliˈʒjɐ̃w/
fem.learned
Romanian
religie
/reˈlidʒie/
fem.learned
Catalan
religió
/rəliʒiˈo/
fem.learned
English
religion
/ɹɪˈlɪdʒən/
from Latin/French · Old French religion
English → ItalianreligionreligioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
RELIGIŌNEM‘scruple, reverence, worship’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Where RELIGIŌ comes from was already disputed in antiquity: Cicero linked it to RELEGERE 'to go over again', later Christian writers to RELIGĀRE 'to bind'.
English relatives: religious
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In a sentence
- esJerusalén es una ciudad santa para tres religiones.
- frJérusalem est une ville sainte pour trois religions.
- itGerusalemme è una città santa per tre religioni.
- ptJerusalém é uma cidade santa para três religiões.
- roIerusalimul este un oraș sfânt pentru trei religii.
- caJerusalem és una ciutat santa per a tres religions.
- enJerusalem is a holy city for three religions.
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