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"representation (depiction)" in seven languages

Meaningrepresentation (depiction)

Spanish

representación

/repɾesentaˈθjon/

fem.learned

French

représentation

/ʁəpʁezɑ̃tasjɔ̃/

fem.learned

Also a theatre performance.

Italian

rappresentazione

/rapprezentatˈtsjone/

fem.learned

Political representation is rappresentanza.

Portuguese

representação

/hepɾezẽtaˈsɐ̃w/

fem.learned

Romanian

reprezentare

/reprezenˈtare/

fem.learned

Catalan

representació

/rəpɾəzəntəˈsjo/

fem.learned

English

representation

/ˌɹɛpɹɪzɛnˈteɪʃən/

from Latin/French · Old French representacion, from Latin

English → Italianrepresentation (depiction)rappresentazioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

REPRAESENTĀTIŌNEM‘a making present again’

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

The story

To represent is to make present again. Italian reshaped the prefix as rappr-, and keeps rappresentazione for depictions and shows, rappresentanza for delegates.

English relatives: represent, present, representative

Sound laws at work

-TIŌNEM: learned -ción, inherited -zón

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In a sentence

  • esEl cuadro es una representación de la ciudad de noche.
  • frLe tableau est une représentation de la ville la nuit.
  • itIl quadro è una rappresentazione della città di notte.
  • ptO quadro é uma representação da cidade à noite.
  • roTabloul este o reprezentare a orașului noaptea.
  • caEl quadre és una representació de la ciutat de nit.
  • enThe painting is a representation of the city at night.

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