"traditional" in seven languages
Meaningtraditional
Spanish
tradicional
/tɾadiθjoˈnal/
learned
French
traditionnel
/tʁadisjɔnɛl/
learned
Italian
tradizionale
/tradittsjoˈnale/
learned
Portuguese
tradicional
/tɾadʒisioˈnaw/
learned
Romanian
tradițional
/traditsioˈnal/
learned
Catalan
tradicional
/tɾədisiuˈnal/
learned
English
traditional
/tɹəˈdɪʃənəl/
from Latin/French · tradition, from Latin TRĀDITIŌNEM
English → ItaliantraditionaltradizionaleCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
TRĀDITIŌNEM‘a handing over (TRĀDERE 'to hand over')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A tradition is what is handed down. Handing someone over to the enemy is the same Latin word worn down through Anglo-French: treason.
English relatives: tradition, treason, traitor
Sound laws at work
Learn it
In a sentence
- esPreparamos un plato tradicional.
- frNous avons préparé un plat traditionnel.
- itAbbiamo preparato un piatto tradizionale.
- ptFizemos um prato tradicional.
- roAm gătit o mâncare tradițională.
- caVam cuinar un plat tradicional.
- enWe cooked a traditional dish.
More words from the same Latin
More in Describing words
- criticalcríticocritiquecriticocríticocriticcrític
- smart, intelligentinteligenteintelligentintelligenteinteligentedeșteptintel·ligent
- sexualsexualsexuelsessualesexualsexualsexual
- weird, strangerarobizarrestranoestranhociudatestrany
- wildsalvajesauvageselvaggioselvagemsălbaticsalvatge
- correctcorrectocorrectcorrettocorretocorectcorrecte