"selection" in seven languages
Meaningselection
Spanish
selección
/selekˈθjon/
fem.learned
Also the national team: la selección española.
French
sélection
/selɛksjɔ̃/
fem.learned
Italian
selezione
/seletˈtsjone/
fem.learned
Portuguese
seleção
/seleˈsɐ̃w/
fem.learned
Like Spanish, also the national team: a Seleção.
Romanian
selecție
/seˈlektsie/
fem.learned
Catalan
selecció
/sələksiˈo/
fem.learned
English
selection
/səˈlɛkʃən/
from Latin/French · Latin SĒLĒCTIŌNEM
English → ItalianselectionselezioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
SĒLĒCTIŌNEM‘a choosing out’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A textbook learned word: -TIŌNEM gives -ción, -tion, -zione, -tion in all four. Latin SĒ- 'apart' + LEGERE 'to pick' — the same LEGERE that gave elect and collect.
English relatives: select, elect, collect, intellect
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In a sentence
- esLa tienda tiene una buena selección de quesos.
- frLa boutique propose une belle sélection de fromages.
- itIl negozio ha una buona selezione di formaggi.
- ptA loja tem uma boa seleção de queijos.
- roMagazinul are o selecție bună de brânzeturi.
- caLa botiga té una bona selecció de formatges.
- enThe shop has a good selection of cheeses.