"senate" in seven languages
Meaningsenate
Spanish
senado
/seˈnado/
masc.learned
French
sénat
/sena/
masc.learned
Italian
senato
/seˈnato/
masc.learned
Portuguese
senado
/seˈnadu/
masc.learned
Romanian
senat
/seˈnat/
neut.learned
Catalan
senat
/səˈnat/
masc.learned
English
senate
/ˈsɛnət/
from Latin/French · Old French senat, from Latin
English → ItaliansenatesenatoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
SENĀTUM‘council of elders (from SENEX 'old man')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Rome's 'council of old men' named the upper house of modern parliaments. French spells the final t of sénat but does not pronounce it.
English relatives: senator, senior, senile
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In a sentence
- esEl Senado aprobó la ley.
- frLe Sénat a adopté la loi.
- itIl Senato ha approvato la legge.
- ptO Senado aprovou a lei.
- roSenatul a adoptat legea.
- caEl Senat va aprovar la llei.
- enThe Senate approved the law.
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