"solution" in seven languages
Meaningsolution
Spanish
solución
/soluˈθjon/
fem.learned
French
solution
/sɔlysjɔ̃/
fem.learned
Italian
soluzione
/solutˈtsjone/
fem.learned
Portuguese
solução
/soluˈsɐ̃w/
fem.learned
Romanian
soluție
/soˈlutsie/
fem.learned
Catalan
solució
/sulusiˈo/
fem.learned
English
solution
/səˈluʃən/
from Latin/French · Old French solucion, Latin SOLŪTIŌNEM
English → ItaliansolutionsoluzioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
SOLŪTIŌNEM‘a loosening (SOLVERE 'to loosen')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
To solve a problem is to untie its knot: SOLVERE meant 'to loosen'. The chemist's solution, something dissolved, is the same word in all four.
English relatives: solve, dissolve, absolute
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In a sentence
- esTenemos que encontrar una solución.
- frIl faut trouver une solution.
- itDobbiamo trovare una soluzione.
- ptPrecisamos encontrar uma solução.
- roTrebuie să găsim o soluție.
- caHem de trobar una solució.
- enWe need to find a solution.
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