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"sector" in seven languages

Meaningsector

Spanish

sector

/sekˈtoɾ/

masc.learned

French

secteur

/sɛktœʁ/

masc.learned

Italian

settore

/setˈtore/

masc.learned

Portuguese

setor

/seˈtoh/

masc.learned

Romanian

sector

/ˈsektor/

neut.learned

Catalan

sector

/səkˈtoɾ/

masc.learned

English

sector

/ˈsɛktɚ/

from Latin/French · Latin SECTOR

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

The Latin ancestor

SECTŌREM‘cutter (from SECĀRE 'to cut')’

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

The story

A Latin 'cutter' became the geometer's slice of a circle, then a slice of the economy. Italian assimilates ct to tt even in learned words: settore, like fatto.

English relatives: section, sect, insect, dissect

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In a sentence

  • esTrabaja en el sector público.
  • frIl travaille dans le secteur public.
  • itLavora nel settore pubblico.
  • ptEle trabalha no setor público.
  • roLucrează în sectorul public.
  • caTreballa al sector públic.
  • enHe works in the public sector.

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