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"tradition" in seven languages

Meaningtradition

Spanish

tradición

/tɾadiˈθjon/

fem.learned

French

tradition

/tʁadisjɔ̃/

fem.learned

Italian

tradizione

/tradiˈtsjone/

fem.learned

Portuguese

tradição

/tɾadʒiˈsɐ̃w/

fem.learned

Romanian

tradiție

/traˈditsie/

fem.learned

Catalan

tradició

/tɾədisiˈo/

fem.learned

English

tradition

/tɹəˈdɪʃən/

from Latin/French · Latin TRĀDITIŌNEM, via Old French

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

The Latin ancestor

TRĀDITIŌNEM‘handing over (from TRĀDERE 'to hand over')’

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

The story

TRĀDERE was 'to hand over': a custom handed down, or a person handed to the enemy. That is why traitor and treason come from the same verb.

English relatives: traitor, treason, extradition

Sound laws at work

-TIŌNEM: learned -ción, inherited -zón

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In a sentence

  • esEs una tradición familiar.
  • frC'est une tradition familiale.
  • itÈ una tradizione di famiglia.
  • ptÉ uma tradição de família.
  • roE o tradiție de familie.
  • caÉs una tradició familiar.
  • enIt's a family tradition.

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