"religious" in seven languages
Meaningreligious
Spanish
religioso
/reliˈxjoso/
learned
French
religieux
/ʁəliʒjø/
learned
fem.: religieuse
Italian
religioso
/reliˈdʒoso/
learned
Portuguese
religioso
/heliʒiˈozu/
learned
Romanian
religios
/relidʒiˈos/
learned
Catalan
religiós
/rəliʒiˈos/
learned
English
religious
/ɹɪˈlɪdʒəs/
from Latin/French · Old French religious, Latin RELIGIŌSUS
English → ItalianreligiousreligiosoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
RELIGIŌSUM‘scrupulous, devout’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
The adjective ending -ŌSUS gives -oso in Spanish and Italian and -eux in French, as in famoso / fameux. As nouns, un religieux and una religiosa are a monk and a nun.
English relatives: religion, religiously
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In a sentence
- esSu familia es muy religiosa.
- frSa famille est très religieuse.
- itLa sua famiglia è molto religiosa.
- ptA família dela é muito religiosa.
- roFamilia ei e foarte religioasă.
- caLa seva família és molt religiosa.
- enHer family is very religious.
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