"union" in seven languages
Meaningunion
Spanish
unión
/uˈnjon/
fem.learned
A trade union is a sindicato.
French
union
/ynjɔ̃/
fem.learned
A trade union is a syndicat.
Italian
unione
/uˈnjone/
fem.learned
A trade union is a sindacato.
Portuguese
união
/uniˈɐ̃w/
fem.learned
Romanian
uniune
/uniˈune/
fem.learned
The proverb uses unire, from the inherited verb uni.
Catalan
unió
/uniˈo/
fem.learned
English
union
/ˈjunjən/
from Latin/French · Old French union, Latin
English → ItalianunionunioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
ŪNIŌNEM‘oneness, union (ŪNUS 'one')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A learned word built on ŪNUS 'one'; the European Union is la Unión Europea, l'Union européenne, l'Unione europea. English onion is the same Latin word, via French oignon.
English relatives: unit, unity, unique, onion (a single bulb)
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In a sentence
- esLa unión hace la fuerza.
- frL'union fait la force.
- itL'unione fa la forza.
- ptA união faz a força.
- roUnirea face puterea.
- caLa unió fa la força.
- enUnity is strength.