"version" in seven languages
Meaningversion
Spanish
versión
/beɾˈsjon/
fem.learned
French
version
/vɛʁsjɔ̃/
fem.learned
En version originale (VO): a film in its original language.
Italian
versione
/verˈsjone/
fem.learned
Portuguese
versão
/vehˈsɐ̃w/
fem.learned
Romanian
versiune
/versiˈune/
fem.borrowed · French version
Catalan
versió
/bərsiˈo/
fem.learned
English
version
/ˈvɝʒən/
from Latin/French · French version, Medieval Latin
English → ItalianversionversioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
VERSIŌNEM (Medieval Latin)‘a turning, a translation (VERTERE 'to turn')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A version was first a 'turning' of a text into another language. Spanish writes v but says b.
English relatives: verse, convert, reverse, vertical
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In a sentence
- es¿Hay una versión más reciente?
- frIl y a une version plus récente ?
- itC'è una versione più recente?
- ptTem uma versão mais nova?
- roExistă o versiune mai nouă?
- caHi ha una versió més nova?
- enIs there a newer version?