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"section" in seven languages

Meaningsection

Spanish

sección

/sekˈθjon/

fem.learned

French

section

/sɛksjɔ̃/

fem.learned

In a newspaper or shop French prefers rubrique and rayon.

Italian

sezione

/setˈtsjone/

fem.learned

Portuguese

seção

/seˈsɐ̃w/

fem.learned

European Portuguese writes and says secção.

Romanian

secțiune

/sekˈtsjune/

fem.learned

Catalan

secció

/səkˈsjo/

fem.learned

English

section

/ˈsɛkʃən/

from Latin/French · Latin, partly via French

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

The Latin ancestor

SECTIŌNEM‘a cutting (SECĀRE 'to cut')’

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

The story

A section is a cut, from SECĀRE. Italian smooths the learned ct + ion into a long ts sound (sezione), just as it does in azione and lezione.

English relatives: sector, insect, dissect, segment

Sound laws at work

-TIŌNEM: learned -ción, inherited -zón

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In a sentence

  • esLee la primera sección del informe.
  • frLis la première section du rapport.
  • itLeggi la prima sezione della relazione.
  • ptLeia a primeira seção do relatório.
  • roCitește prima secțiune a raportului.
  • caLlegeix la primera secció de l'informe.
  • enRead the first section of the report.

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