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"resolution (formal decision)" in seven languages

Meaningresolution (formal decision)

Spanish

resolución

/resoluˈθjon/

fem.learned

French

résolution

/ʁezɔlysjɔ̃/

fem.learned

Italian

risoluzione

/risoluˈtsjone/

fem.learned

Portuguese

resolução

/hezoluˈsɐ̃w/

fem.learned

Romanian

rezoluție

/rezoˈlutsie/

fem.learned

Catalan

resolució

/rəzulusiˈo/

fem.learned

English

resolution

/ɹɛzəˈluʃən/

from Latin/French · Latin RESOLŪTIŌNEM

English → Italianresolution (formal decision)risoluzioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

RESOLŪTIŌNEM‘a loosening, solving’

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

The story

A textbook -TIŌNEM word. New Year's resolutions are propósitos in Spanish and buoni propositi in Italian; French says bonnes résolutions.

English relatives: resolve, solution, dissolve

Sound laws at work

-TIŌNEM: learned -ción, inherited -zón

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In a sentence

  • esLa ONU aprobó una resolución.
  • frL'ONU a adopté une résolution.
  • itL'ONU ha approvato una risoluzione.
  • ptA ONU aprovou uma resolução.
  • roONU a adoptat o rezoluție.
  • caL'ONU va aprovar una resolució.
  • enThe UN adopted a resolution.

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