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"unusual" in seven languages

Meaningunusual

Spanish

insólito

/inˈsolito/

learned

Also inusual and poco común.

French

insolite

/ɛ̃sɔlit/

learned

Also inhabituel.

Italian

insolito

/inˈsɔlito/

learned

Portuguese

incomum

/ĩkoˈmũ/

other source · in- 'not' + comum (← Latin COMMŪNEM 'common')

Romanian

neobișnuit

/neobiʃnuˈit/

other source · ne- 'not' + obișnuit 'usual', from obicei 'custom' (Slavic)

Catalan

insòlit

/inˈsɔlit/

learned

English

unusual

/ʌnˈjuʒuəl/

other source · English un- + usual (Latin ŪSUĀLIS, via Old French)

English → ItalianunusualinsolitoNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: insolent (from the same SOLĒRE).What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

INSOLITUM‘unaccustomed (IN- + SOLĒRE 'to be used to')’

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

The story

The sisters use a learned 'not accustomed' word; English builds on usual instead. English insolent is from the same root: someone who acts in an unaccustomed, out-of-line way.

English relatives: insolent (from the same SOLĒRE)

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In a sentence

  • esEs insólito ver nieve aquí.
  • frC'est insolite de voir de la neige ici.
  • itÈ insolito vedere la neve qui.
  • ptÉ incomum ver neve aqui.
  • roE neobișnuit să vezi zăpadă aici.
  • caÉs insòlit veure neu aquí.
  • enIt's unusual to see snow here.

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