"ridiculous" in seven languages
Meaningridiculous
Spanish
ridículo
/riˈdikulo/
learned
French
ridicule
/ʁidikyl/
learned
Also a noun: le ridicule 'ridicule'.
Italian
ridicolo
/riˈdikolo/
learned
Portuguese
ridículo
/hiˈdʒikulu/
learned
Romanian
ridicol
/riˈdikol/
learned
Catalan
ridícul
/riˈdikul/
learned
English
ridiculous
/ɹɪˈdɪkjələs/
from Latin/French · Latin RĪDICULŌSUS, from RĪDICULUS
English → ItalianridiculousridicoloCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
RĪDICULUM‘laughable’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
From RĪDĒRE 'to laugh', which survives as reír, rire and ridere. English took both the long form ridiculous and the French ridicule.
English relatives: ridicule, deride, derision
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In a sentence
- es¡Eso es ridículo!
- frC'est ridicule !
- itÈ ridicolo!
- ptIsso é ridículo!
- roE ridicol!
- caAixò és ridícul!
- enThat's ridiculous!
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