"vital" in seven languages
Meaningvital
Spanish
vital
/biˈtal/
learned
French
vital
/vital/
learned
plural: vitaux
Italian
vitale
/viˈtale/
learned
Portuguese
vital
/viˈtaw/
learned
Romanian
vital
/viˈtal/
learned
Catalan
vital
/biˈtal/
learned
English
vital
/ˈvaɪtəl/
from Latin/French · Old French vital, Latin VĪTĀLEM
English → ItalianvitalvitaleCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
VĪTĀLEM‘of life (VĪTA 'life')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A learned twin of the inherited word for life (vida, vie, vita). Spanish shows the b/v merger: vital is said with b.
English relatives: vitality, vitamin, revitalize
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In a sentence
- esEste contrato es vital para la empresa.
- frCe contrat est vital pour l'entreprise.
- itQuesto contratto è vitale per l'azienda.
- ptEste contrato é vital para a empresa.
- roContractul acesta este vital pentru firmă.
- caAquest contracte és vital per a l'empresa.
- enThis contract is vital for the company.
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