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"sequence" in seven languages

Meaningsequence

Spanish

secuencia

/seˈkwenθja/

fem.learned

French

séquence

/sekɑ̃s/

fem.learned

Italian

sequenza

/seˈkwɛntsa/

fem.learned

Portuguese

sequência

/seˈkwẽsjɐ/

fem.learned

Romanian

secvență

/sekˈventsə/

fem.learned

Catalan

seqüència

/səˈkwɛnsiə/

fem.learned

English

sequence

/ˈsikwəns/

from Latin/French · Late Latin SEQUENTIA

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

The Latin ancestor

SEQUENTIAM‘a following (SEQUĪ 'to follow')’

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

The story

From SEQUĪ 'to follow', which also lives on, inherited, in Spanish seguir, French suivre and Italian seguire. Spanish spells the learned word with c: secuencia.

English relatives: sequel, consequence, second, sue

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  • esLa película empieza con una larga secuencia.
  • frLe film s'ouvre sur une longue séquence.
  • itIl film si apre con una lunga sequenza.
  • ptO filme começa com uma longa sequência.
  • roFilmul începe cu o secvență lungă.
  • caLa pel·lícula comença amb una seqüència llarga.
  • enThe film opens with a long sequence.

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