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"restriction" in seven languages

Meaningrestriction

Spanish

restricción

/restɾikˈθjon/

fem.learned

French

restriction

/ʁɛstʁiksjɔ̃/

fem.learned

Italian

restrizione

/restritˈtsjone/

fem.learned

Portuguese

restrição

/hestɾiˈsɐ̃w/

fem.learned

Romanian

restricție

/resˈtriktsje/

fem.learned

Catalan

restricció

/rəstɾiksiˈo/

fem.learned

English

restriction

/ɹɪˈstɹɪkʃən/

from Latin/French · French restriction, Latin RESTRICTIŌNEM

English → ItalianrestrictionrestrizioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

RESTRICTIŌNEM‘a tying back, limiting (RESTRINGERE)’

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

The story

Spanish keeps both c's of -CTIŌ (restricción, said [kθ]); Italian drops the c entirely (restrizione). The inherited verb behind it is Spanish restringir, French restreindre.

English relatives: restrict, strict, strain, constrain

Sound laws at work

-TIŌNEM: learned -ción, inherited -zón

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In a sentence

  • esHay restricciones en el uso del agua.
  • frIl y a des restrictions sur l'usage de l'eau.
  • itCi sono restrizioni sull'uso dell'acqua.
  • ptHá restrições ao uso da água.
  • roExistă restricții la consumul de apă.
  • caHi ha restriccions en l'ús de l'aigua.
  • enThere are restrictions on water use.

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