universalmente

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ís?

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos

Proto-Italic *oinos

Old Latin oinos

Latin ūnus

Proto-Indo-European *wert-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *wr̥ttós

Proto-Italic *worssosder.

Latin vorsus

Latin versus

Latin ūniversus

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin ūniversālis

Galician universal

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *méntis

Proto-Italic *mentis

Latin mente

Old Galician-Portuguese -mente

Galician -mente

Galician universalmente

From universal + -mente.

Adverb

universalmente

1. universally

Further reading

• “universalmente”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Italian

Etymology

From universale +‎ -mente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u.ni.ver.salˈmen.te/
• Rhymes: -ente
• Hyphenation: u‧ni‧ver‧sal‧mén‧te

Adverb

universalmente

1. universally

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ís?

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos

Proto-Italic *oinos

Old Latin oinos

Latin ūnus

Proto-Indo-European *wert-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *wr̥ttós

Proto-Italic *worssosder.

Latin vorsus

Latin versus

Latin ūniversus

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin ūniversālisder.

Portuguese universal

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *méntis

Proto-Italic *mentis

Latin mente

Old Galician-Portuguese -mente

Portuguese -mente

Portuguese universalmente

From universal + -mente.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /u.ni.veʁˌsawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [u.ni.vehˌsaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /u.ni.veʁˌsawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [u.ni.vehˌsaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /u.ni.veɾˌsawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [u.ni.veɾˌsaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /u.ni.veʁˌsawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [u.ni.veχˌsaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /u.ni.veɻˌsawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [u.ni.veɻˌsaʊ̯ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /u.ni.vɨɾˌsalˈmẽ.tɨ/ [u.ni.vɨɾˌsaɫˈmẽ.tɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /u.ni.vɨɾˌsalˈmẽ.tɨ/ [u.ni.vɨɾˌsaɫˈmẽ.tɨ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /u.ni.bɨɾˌsalˈmẽ.tɨ/ [u.ni.βɨɾˌsaɫˈmẽ.tɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /u.ni.vɨɾˌsa.liˈmẽ.tɨ/

• Rhymes: -ẽtɨ
• Hyphenation: u‧ni‧ver‧sal‧men‧te

Adverb

universalmente

1. universally

Further reading

• “universalmente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “universalmente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

French universelle

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *méntis

Proto-Italic *mentis

Latin mēns

Latin mente

Old French -ment

Middle French -ment

French -ment

French universellementbor.

Italian universale

▲

Latin mente

Italian -mente

Italian universalmentebor.

Romanian universalmente

Borrowed from French universellement or Italian universalmente. By surface analysis, universal + -mente.

Adverb

universalmente

1. universally

References

• universalmente in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ís?

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos

Proto-Italic *oinos

Old Latin oinos

Latin ūnus

Proto-Indo-European *wert-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *wr̥ttós

Proto-Italic *worssosder.

Latin vorsus

Latin versus

Latin ūniversus

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin ūniversālisder.

Spanish universal

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *méntis

Proto-Italic *mentis

Latin mente

Old Spanish -mente / -miente / -mientre

Spanish -mente

Spanish universalmente

From universal + -mente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /unibeɾˌsalˈmente/ [u.ni.β̞eɾˌsalˈmẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: u‧ni‧ver‧sal‧men‧te

Adverb

universalmente

1. universally
   • 2021 April 26, John Malathronas, “¿Cuáles son los idiomas más fáciles (y difíciles) de aprender para los hablantes nativos de inglés?”, in CNN en Español‎^[1]:

     Si te parece extraño, piensa en nuestro sistema numérico: el símbolo “9” es universalmente reconocido, pero se pronuncia “nine” en inglés y “devet” en esloveno.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “universalmente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025