"strategic" in seven languages
Meaningstrategic
Spanish
estratégico
/estɾaˈtexiko/
learned
French
stratégique
/stʁateʒik/
learned
Italian
strategico
/straˈtɛdʒiko/
learned
Portuguese
estratégico
/estɾaˈtɛʒiku/
learned
Romanian
strategic
/straˈtedʒik/
borrowed · French stratégique
Catalan
estratègic
/əstɾəˈtɛʒik/
learned
English
strategic
/stɹəˈtidʒɪk/
from Latin/French · French stratégique, from Greek
English → ItalianstrategicstrategicoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The ancestor
Greek stratēgikós‘of a general (stratēgós)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A stratēgós led an army (stratós). Spanish can't start a word with s + consonant, so even this learned word gets an e-: estratégico.
English relatives: strategy, stratagem
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In a sentence
- esEs una decisión estratégica.
- frC'est une décision stratégique.
- itÈ una decisione strategica.
- ptÉ uma decisão estratégica.
- roE o decizie strategică.
- caÉs una decisió estratègica.
- enIt's a strategic decision.
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