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"season" in seven languages

Meaningseason

Spanish

estación

/estaˈθjon/

fem.learned

Also a (train) station — the same word in both senses.

French

saison

/sɛzɔ̃/

fem.other source · usually traced to Latin SATIŌNEM 'sowing (time)'; debated

Italian

stagione

/staˈdʒone/

fem.inherited

Portuguese

estação

/estaˈsɐ̃w/

fem.learned

Like Spanish and Catalan, one word for 'season' and 'station'.

Romanian

anotimp

/anoˈtimp/

neut.other source · Romanian an 'year' + timp 'time' (Latin ANNUM + TEMPUS)

Catalan

estació

/əstəsiˈo/

fem.learned

English

season

/ˈsizən/

other source · Old French seson, usually traced to Latin SATIŌNEM 'sowing (time)'

English → ItalianseasonstagioneNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: station, stationary; season (from French).What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

STATIŌNEM‘a standing, a halt, a post’

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

The story

Spanish and Italian saw the seasons as 'stations' of the year's journey; French saison probably began as the time for sowing.

English relatives: station, stationary; season (from French)

Sound laws at work

-TIŌNEM: learned -ción, inherited -zónS + consonant at the start of a word

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In a sentence

  • es¿Cuál es tu estación favorita?
  • frQuelle est ta saison préférée ?
  • itQual è la tua stagione preferita?
  • ptQual é a sua estação favorita?
  • roCare e anotimpul tău preferat?
  • caQuina és la teva estació preferida?
  • enWhich is your favourite season?

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