"requirement" in seven languages
Meaningrequirement
Spanish
requisito
/rekiˈsito/
masc.learned
French
exigence
/ɛɡziʒɑ̃s/
fem.other source · Latin EXIGENTIA 'urgency' (learned), from EXIGERE 'to demand'
Italian
requisito
/rekwiˈzito/
masc.learned
Portuguese
requisito
/hekiˈzitu/
masc.learned
Romanian
cerință
/tʃeˈrintsə/
fem.other source · cere 'to ask', from Latin QUAERERE 'to seek'
Catalan
requisit
/rəkiˈzit/
masc.learned
English
requirement
/ɹɪˈkwaɪɚmənt/
from Latin/French · require (Old French requere, from Latin REQUĪRERE) + -ment
English → ItalianrequirementrequisitoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
REQUĪSĪTUM‘something required (from REQUĪRERE 'to seek, require')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spanish and Italian use the learned participle REQUĪSĪTUM — the same word as English requisite. French prefers exigence 'a demand'.
English relatives: requisite, require, request, inquire
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In a sentence
- esCumple todos los requisitos.
- frIl répond à toutes les exigences.
- itSoddisfa tutti i requisiti.
- ptEle cumpre todos os requisitos.
- roÎndeplinește toate cerințele.
- caCompleix tots els requisits.
- enHe meets all the requirements.