"universe" in seven languages
Meaninguniverse
Spanish
universo
/uniˈbeɾso/
masc.learned
French
univers
/ynivɛʁ/
masc.learned
Italian
universo
/uniˈvɛrso/
masc.learned
Portuguese
universo
/uniˈvɛhsu/
masc.learned
Romanian
univers
/uniˈvers/
neut.learned
Catalan
univers
/uniˈbɛɾs/
masc.learned
English
universe
/ˈjunəvɝs/
from Latin/French · Old French univers
English → ItalianuniverseuniversoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
UNIVERSUM‘the whole, all together’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
ŪNUS + VERSUM: 'turned into one', everything taken together. A university was first a whole body (of teachers and students).
English relatives: universal, university
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In a sentence
- esEl universo se está expandiendo.
- frL'univers est en expansion.
- itL'universo si sta espandendo.
- ptO universo está se expandindo.
- roUniversul se extinde.
- caL'univers s'expandeix.
- enThe universe is expanding.