"transition" in seven languages
Meaningtransition
Spanish
transición
/tɾansiˈθjon/
fem.learned
La Transición is Spain's move to democracy after 1975.
French
transition
/tʁɑ̃zisjɔ̃/
fem.learned
Italian
transizione
/transitˈtsjone/
fem.learned
Portuguese
transição
/tɾɐ̃ziˈsɐ̃w/
fem.learned
Romanian
tranziție
/tranˈzitsie/
fem.learned
Catalan
transició
/tɾənzisiˈo/
fem.learned
English
transition
/tɹænˈzɪʃən/
from Latin/French · Latin TRANSITIŌNEM (partly via French)
English → ItaliantransitiontransizioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
TRANSITIŌNEM‘a going across’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
TRANS 'across' + IRE 'to go'. The -TIŌNEM ending gives the regular -ción / -tion / -zione set.
English relatives: transit, transitive, transient
Sound laws at work
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In a sentence
- esLa transición será gradual.
- frLa transition sera progressive.
- itLa transizione sarà graduale.
- ptA transição será gradual.
- roTranziția va fi treptată.
- caLa transició serà gradual.
- enThe transition will be gradual.
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