"type, kind" in seven languages
Meaningtype, kind
Spanish
tipo
/ˈtipo/
masc.learned
French
type
/tip/
masc.learned
Italian
tipo
/ˈtipo/
masc.learned
Portuguese
tipo
/ˈtʃipu/
masc.learned
Romanian
tip
/tip/
neut.learned
Ce fel de…? 'what kind of…?' is just as common.
Catalan
tipus
/ˈtipus/
masc.learned
plural: tipus
English
type
/taɪp/
from Latin/French · French type / Latin TYPUS
English → Italiantype, kindtipoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
TYPUM‘figure, model (from Greek týpos 'blow, imprint')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Greek týpos was the mark a blow leaves; printing made it the letter type. In all three sisters the word is also colloquial for 'guy': un tipo raro, un type sympa, un tipo strano.
English relatives: typical, typewriter, prototype
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In a sentence
- es¿Qué tipo de música te gusta?
- frQuel type de musique tu aimes ?
- itChe tipo di musica ti piace?
- ptDe que tipo de música você gosta?
- roCe tip de muzică îți place?
- caQuin tipus de música t'agrada?
- enWhat type of music do you like?