"senator" in seven languages
Meaningsenator
Spanish
senador
/senaˈdoɾ/
masc.learned
fem.: senadora
French
sénateur
/senatœʁ/
masc.learned
fem.: sénatrice
Italian
senatore
/senaˈtore/
masc.learned
fem.: senatrice
Portuguese
senador
/senaˈdoh/
masc.learned
Romanian
senator
/senaˈtor/
masc.learned
Catalan
senador
/sənəˈdo/
masc.learned
English
senator
/ˈsɛnətɚ/
from Latin/French · Old French senateur, from Latin
English → ItaliansenatorsenatoreCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
SENĀTŌREM‘member of the senate’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
The Roman senate was the council of elders, from SENEX 'old man' — the root of senior and senile too.
English relatives: senate, senior, senile
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In a sentence
- esEl senador votó en contra de la ley.
- frLe sénateur a voté contre la loi.
- itIl senatore ha votato contro la legge.
- ptO senador votou contra a lei.
- roSenatorul a votat împotriva legii.
- caEl senador va votar en contra de la llei.
- enThe senator voted against the law.
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