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"typical" in seven languages

Meaningtypical

Spanish

típico

/ˈtipiko/

learned

Also 'traditional, local': comida típica.

French

typique

/tipik/

learned

Italian

tipico

/ˈtipiko/

learned

Also 'traditional, local': un piatto tipico.

Portuguese

típico

/ˈtʃipiku/

learned

Romanian

tipic

/ˈtipik/

learned

Catalan

típic

/ˈtipik/

learned

English

typical

/ˈtɪpɪkəl/

from Latin/French · Late Latin TYPICUS

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

The Latin ancestor

TYPICUM‘symbolic, of a type (from Greek typikós)’

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

The story

Greek týpos was 'a blow, an impression', then 'a model'. French keeps the Greek y in spelling; Spanish and Italian write i.

English relatives: type, typify, prototype

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In a sentence

  • esEs un plato típico de la región.
  • frC'est un plat typique de la région.
  • itÈ un piatto tipico della regione.
  • ptÉ um prato típico da região.
  • roE un fel de mâncare tipic pentru regiune.
  • caÉs un plat típic de la regió.
  • enIt's a typical dish of the region.

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