"warning" in seven languages

Meaningwarning

Spanish

advertencia

/adbeɾˈtenθja/

fem.learned

Aviso is also common for a notice or alert.

French

avertissement

/avɛʁtismɑ̃/

masc.inherited

Built on avertir 'to warn'.

Italian

avvertimento

/avvertiˈmento/

masc.inherited

Built on avvertire 'to warn'.

Portuguese

aviso

/aˈvizu/

masc.other source · avisar 'to warn', from French aviser (Latin VĪSUM)

Advertência exists but is formal.

Romanian

avertisment

/averˈtisment/

neut.borrowed · French avertissement

Catalan

advertiment

/ədbəɾtiˈmen/

masc.learned

English

warning

/ˈwɔɹnɪŋ/

native English · Old English warnian 'to warn'

English → ItalianwarningavvertimentoNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: advertise, advertisement, adverse.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

ADVERTERE‘to turn towards, notice’

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

The story

To warn is to make someone 'turn towards' a danger. English advertise comes from French avertir and first meant 'to notify'.

English relatives: advertise, advertisement, adverse

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In a sentence

esEl gobierno emitió una advertencia.
frLe gouvernement a lancé un avertissement.
itIl governo ha lanciato un avvertimento.
ptO governo emitiu um aviso.
roGuvernul a emis un avertisment.
caEl govern va emetre un advertiment.
enThe government issued a warning.

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