« area, zone » en sept langues
Sensarea, zone
Espagnol
/ˈθona/
fém.savant
Área exists too (el área, feminine), but it is more technical: surface area, penalty area.
Français
/zon/
fém.savant
For a part of town, French more often says quartier.
Italien
/ˈdzɔna/
fém.savant
Portugais
/ˈzõnɐ/
fém.savant
Área is just as common in Brazil; colloquially zona also means 'a mess'.
Roumain
/ˈzonə/
fém.emprunté · French zone
Catalan
/ˈzonə/
fém.savant
Anglais
/ˈɛɹiə/
autre source · Latin ĀREA 'open space, threshing floor'
'Zone' is the English cognate of the sisters' everyday word.
L’ancêtre latin
ZŌNAM‘belt, girdle; band of the sky (from Greek zṓnē)’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
The sisters picked the Greek 'belt' for a stretch of land; Latin ĀREA, English's word, survives as área / aire / area in more technical senses (an aire de repos is a French motorway rest area).
Parents anglais: zone, zonal
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esEsta zona es solo para peatones.
- frCette zone est réservée aux piétons.
- itQuesta zona è riservata ai pedoni.
- ptEsta zona é só para pedestres.
- roAceastă zonă este doar pentru pietoni.
- caAquesta zona és només per a vianants.
- enThis area is for pedestrians only.
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