«forest, wood» en set llengües
Significatforest, wood
Espanyol
/ˈboske/
m.manlleu · Catalan or Occitan bosc
A dense tropical forest is a selva, from Latin SILVAM.
Francès
/fɔʁɛ/
f.un altre origen · Medieval Latin (silva) FORESTIS, a royal hunting reserve; origin of forestis debated
French also has bois 'wood', from the same *BOSC- family as bosque and bosco.
Italià
/ˈbɔsko/
m.patrimonial
Portuguès
/floˈɾɛstɐ/
f.un altre origen · Old French forest, reshaped after flor 'flower'
A smaller wood is a mata or bosque.
Romanès
/pəˈdure/
f.un altre origen · Latin PALŪDEM 'marsh' (inherited)
Català
/bɔsk/
m.patrimonial
Anglès
/ˈfɔɹɪst/
un altre origen · Old French forest, from Medieval Latin forestis (silva) 'outside (wood)'
L’avantpassat llatí
*BOSCUM‘wood, thicket (Late Latin; probably Germanic *busk- 'bush', origin debated)’
Les sis germanes en descendeixen, tret que s’indiqui el contrari a continuació.
La història
Latin SILVA largely vanished from everyday speech: Spanish and Italian chose a word that probably meant 'bush', French a legal term for land set apart for the king's hunt.
Parents en anglès: forest (from French); bush, bouquet (the *busk- family)
Aprèn-la
En una frase
- esFuimos a pasear por el bosque.
- frOn est allés se promener en forêt.
- itSiamo andati a passeggiare nel bosco.
- ptFomos passear na floresta.
- roNe-am plimbat prin pădure.
- caVam anar a passejar pel bosc.
- enWe went for a walk in the forest.