"violence" in seven languages
Meaningviolence
Spanish
violencia
/bjoˈlenθja/
fem.learned
French
violence
/vjɔlɑ̃s/
fem.learned
Italian
violenza
/vjoˈlɛntsa/
fem.learned
Portuguese
violência
/vjoˈlẽsjɐ/
fem.learned
Romanian
violență
/vjoˈlentsə/
fem.learned
Catalan
violència
/biuˈlɛnsiə/
fem.learned
English
violence
/ˈvaɪələns/
from Latin/French · Old French violence
English → ItalianviolenceviolenzaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
VIOLENTIAM‘vehemence, force’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
The learned -ENTIA ending sorts itself neatly: Spanish -encia, French -ence, Italian -enza. Learn one and you can build the others.
English relatives: violent, violate
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In a sentence
- esLa violencia nunca es la solución.
- frLa violence n'est jamais la solution.
- itLa violenza non è mai la soluzione.
- ptA violência nunca é a solução.
- roViolența nu este niciodată soluția.
- caLa violència mai no és la solució.
- enViolence is never the answer.