"visible" in seven languages
Meaningvisible
Spanish
visible
/biˈsible/
learned
French
visible
/vizibl/
learned
Italian
visibile
/viˈzibile/
learned
Portuguese
visível
/viˈzivew/
learned
Romanian
vizibil
/viˈzibil/
learned
Catalan
visible
/biˈzibblə/
learned
English
visible
/ˈvɪzəbəl/
from Latin/French · Old French visible
English → ItalianvisiblevisibileCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
VĪSIBILEM‘that can be seen’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spelled the same in English, Spanish and French, but Spanish says the v as b and the s as s, never z. Italian adds a final -e.
English relatives: vision, visit, invisible
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In a sentence
- esLa isla es visible desde la costa.
- frL'île est visible depuis la côte.
- itL'isola è visibile dalla costa.
- ptA ilha é visível da costa.
- roInsula este vizibilă de pe coastă.
- caL'illa és visible des de la costa.
- enThe island is visible from the coast.