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Translation

to function, to work (of a machine or plan)

Word origin

From Latin functio, 'a performing', via the international function family. The noun funkcio and the verb funkcii share the root; the doubled i in the infinitive is just the root's final i plus the verb ending.

Origin
Latin
Root
functio
English cognates
function

Examples

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The telephone is not working.

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Will the new plan work?

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The old car still works.

Machines , people : keep the two apart and half the awkward sentences vanish. is the everyday it is broken. Pronounce both i sounds in , funk-TSI-i, since c is always ts.

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This word is part of lesson 21.