"scientific" in seven languages
Meaningscientific
Spanish
científico
/θjenˈtifiko/
learned
Also the noun 'scientist'.
French
scientifique
/sjɑ̃tifik/
learned
Italian
scientifico
/ʃenˈtifiko/
learned
The noun 'scientist' is scienziato.
Portuguese
científico
/siẽˈtʃifiku/
learned
Romanian
științific
/ʃtiinˈtsifik/
learned
Built on inherited știință 'science' (SCIENTIA), after French scientifique.
Catalan
científic
/siənˈtifik/
learned
English
scientific
/ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk/
from Latin/French · French scientifique / Late Latin scientificus
English → ItalianscientificscientificoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
SCIENTIFICUM (Late Latin)‘producing knowledge’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
SCIENTIA 'knowledge' + -FICUS 'making'. Spanish drops the s and Italian reads sci as ʃ, so one Latin spelling gives three sounds.
English relatives: science, conscience
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In a sentence
- esUn estudio científico lo demuestra.
- frUne étude scientifique le prouve.
- itUno studio scientifico lo dimostra.
- ptUm estudo científico comprova isso.
- roUn studiu științific o dovedește.
- caUn estudi científic ho demostra.
- enA scientific study proves it.