"unique, only" in seven languages
Meaningunique, only
Spanish
único
/ˈuniko/
learned
French
unique
/ynik/
learned
Italian
unico
/ˈuniko/
learned
Portuguese
único
/ˈuniku/
learned
Romanian
unic
/ˈunik/
learned
Catalan
únic
/ˈunik/
learned
English
unique
/juˈnik/
from Latin/French · French unique
English → Italianunique, onlyunicoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
ŪNICUM‘one and only’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
In the sisters the word is everyday 'only' as much as 'unique': hijo único, fils unique, figlio unico is an only child, and sens unique is a one-way street.
English relatives: unit, union, unify, unicorn
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In a sentence
- esEs hija única.
- frElle est fille unique.
- itÈ figlia unica.
- ptEla é filha única.
- roEste copil unic.
- caÉs filla única.
- enShe is an only child.
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