"title" in seven languages
Meaningtitle
Spanish
título
/ˈtitulo/
masc.learned
Also a degree: título universitario.
French
titre
/titʁ/
masc.learned
Semi-learned: Old French title, with l turned to r.
Italian
titolo
/ˈtitolo/
masc.learned
Portuguese
título
/ˈtʃitulu/
masc.learned
Romanian
titlu
/ˈtitlu/
neut.learned
Catalan
títol
/ˈtitul/
masc.learned
English
title
/ˈtaɪtəl/
from Latin/French · Old French title
English → ItaliantitletitoloCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
TITULUM‘inscription, label’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A TITULUS was a label or inscription. Its popular Spanish descendant, via Catalan, is tilde — the little mark over ñ.
English relatives: title, titular, tilde, entitle
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In a sentence
- es¿Cuál es el título del libro?
- frQuel est le titre du livre ?
- itQual è il titolo del libro?
- ptQual é o título do livro?
- roCare este titlul cărții?
- caQuin és el títol del llibre?
- enWhat is the title of the book?
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