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"studio (artist's, recording)" in seven languages

Meaningstudio (artist's, recording)

Spanish

estudio

/esˈtudjo/

masc.learned

Also 'study' and a studio flat.

French

studio

/stydjo/

masc.borrowed · English studio, itself from Italian

Also a studio flat.

Italian

studio

/ˈstudjo/

masc.learned

Also 'study' and a professional's office: lo studio del medico.

Portuguese

estúdio

/isˈtudʒiu/

masc.learned

Romanian

studio

/ˈstudjo/

neut.borrowed · Italian and French studio

Catalan

estudi

/əsˈtudi/

masc.learned

English

studio

/ˈstudioʊ/

from Latin/French · Italian studio

English → Italianstudio (artist's, recording)studioCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

STUDIUM‘zeal, eagerness; study’

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

The story

Latin STUDIUM was eagerness, then study; Italian studio also became the room where an artist works, and English and French took that sense from Italian. Spanish adds its usual e- before s + consonant: estudio.

English relatives: study, student, studious

Sound laws at work

S + consonant at the start of a word

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In a sentence

  • esEl grupo está grabando en un estudio.
  • frLe groupe enregistre en studio.
  • itIl gruppo sta registrando in studio.
  • ptA banda está gravando num estúdio.
  • roTrupa înregistrează într-un studio.
  • caEl grup està gravant en un estudi.
  • enThe band is recording in a studio.

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