"silence" in seven languages
Meaningsilence
Spanish
silencio
/siˈlenθjo/
masc.learned
French
silence
/silɑ̃s/
masc.learned
Masculine, unlike most French nouns in -ence.
Italian
silenzio
/siˈlɛntsjo/
masc.learned
Portuguese
silêncio
/siˈlẽsiu/
masc.learned
Romanian
liniște
/ˈliniʃte/
fem.other source · lin 'calm, gentle' + suffix -iște; lin is of disputed origin
Tăcere (from TACĒRE) is the silence of someone not speaking.
Catalan
silenci
/siˈlɛnsi/
masc.learned
English
silence
/ˈsaɪləns/
from Latin/French · Old French silence
English → ItaliansilencesilenzioCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
SILENTIUM‘silence, stillness’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A learned word that kept its Latin shape, with -TIUM giving -cio, -ce and -zio. Watch the French gender: le silence.
English relatives: silent
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In a sentence
- es¡Silencio, por favor!
- frSilence, s'il vous plaît !
- itSilenzio, per favore!
- ptSilêncio, por favor!
- roLiniște, vă rog!
- caSilenci, si us plau!
- enSilence, please!
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