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"to dedicate" in seven languages

Meaningto dedicate

Spanish

dedicar

/dediˈkaɾ/

learned

French

dédier

/dedje/

learned

For time and effort, French prefers consacrer: consacrer sa vie à.

Italian

dedicare

/dediˈkare/

learned

Portuguese

dedicar

/dedʒiˈkah/

learned

Romanian

dedica

/dediˈka/

learned

Catalan

dedicar

/dədiˈka/

learned

English

dedicate

/ˈdɛdɪkeɪt/

from Latin/French · Latin DĒDICĀRE

English → Italianto dedicatededicareCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

DĒDICĀRE‘to proclaim, consecrate’

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

The story

Romans 'dedicated' a temple to a god by proclaiming it. Spanish and Italian keep the Latin shape; French dédier is shorter.

English relatives: dedication, indicate, predicate

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In a sentence

  • esDedicó el libro a su madre.
  • frElle a dédié le livre à sa mère.
  • itHa dedicato il libro a sua madre.
  • ptEla dedicou o livro à mãe.
  • roȘi-a dedicat cartea mamei.
  • caVa dedicar el llibre a la seva mare.
  • enShe dedicated the book to her mother.

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