"virtual" in seven languages
Meaningvirtual
Spanish
virtual
/biɾˈtwal/
learned
French
virtuel
/viʁtɥɛl/
learned
fem.: virtuelle
Italian
virtuale
/virtuˈale/
learned
Portuguese
virtual
/vihtuˈaw/
learned
Romanian
virtual
/virtuˈal/
learned
Catalan
virtual
/birtuˈal/
learned
English
virtual
/ˈvɝtʃuəl/
from Latin/French · Medieval Latin VIRTUĀLIS
English → ItalianvirtualvirtualeCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
VIRTUĀLEM (Medieval Latin)‘having power (VIRTŪS 'strength, virtue')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A scholastic coinage: virtual meant existing in power but not in act. The computer sense is modern and identical in all four languages.
English relatives: virtue, virtually
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In a sentence
- esTuvimos una reunión virtual.
- frNous avons eu une réunion virtuelle.
- itAbbiamo avuto una riunione virtuale.
- ptTivemos uma reunião virtual.
- roAm avut o întâlnire virtuală.
- caVam tenir una reunió virtual.
- enWe had a virtual meeting.
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