"useful" in seven languages
Meaninguseful
Spanish
útil
/ˈutil/
learned
French
utile
/ytil/
learned
Italian
utile
/ˈutile/
learned
Portuguese
útil
/ˈutʃiw/
learned
Romanian
util
/uˈtil/
learned
Catalan
útil
/ˈutil/
learned
English
useful
/ˈjusfəl/
native English · English use + -ful
Use itself came through Old French from Latin ŪTĪ 'to use'.
English → ItalianusefulutileNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: utility, utilize, utensil.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
ŪTILEM‘useful’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A book word in all three sisters, stressed on the first syllable in Spanish and Italian. French turns the u into its rounded [y], as in every u.
English relatives: utility, utilize, utensil
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In a sentence
- esEsta aplicación es muy útil.
- frCette appli est vraiment utile.
- itQuesta app è davvero utile.
- ptEste aplicativo é muito útil.
- roAplicația asta e foarte utilă.
- caAquesta aplicació és molt útil.
- enThis app is really useful.
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