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"visual" in seven languages

Meaningvisual

Spanish

visual

/biˈswal/

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French

visuel

/vizɥɛl/

learned

Italian

visivo

/viˈzivo/

other source · Medieval Latin VĪSĪVUM, from VĪSUM 'seen'

Visuale exists too, mostly as a noun: 'view, line of sight'.

Portuguese

visual

/viˈzwaw/

learned

Romanian

vizual

/viˈzwal/

learned

Catalan

visual

/bizuˈal/

learned

English

visual

/ˈvɪʒuəl/

from Latin/French · Late Latin VĪSUĀLEM

English → ItalianvisualvisivoNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: vision, visible, visit, view.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

VĪSUĀLEM‘of sight (Late Latin, from VĪSUS 'sight')’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

All from VĪDĒRE 'to see'. Spanish and French took the Late Latin adjective; Italian prefers visivo (le arti visive, la memoria visiva).

English relatives: vision, visible, visit, view

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In a sentence

  • esTiene muy buena memoria visual.
  • frElle a une très bonne mémoire visuelle.
  • itHa un'ottima memoria visiva.
  • ptEla tem uma ótima memória visual.
  • roAre o memorie vizuală foarte bună.
  • caTé molt bona memòria visual.
  • enShe has a very good visual memory.

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