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Sensbeach
Espagnol
/ˈplaʝa/
fém.héréditaire
Keeps pl- where the sound law predicts ll-; the exact route of the word is debated.
Français
/plaʒ/
fém.emprunté · Italian piaggia 'slope, shore'
Italien
/ˈspjaddʒa/
fém.héréditaire
The initial s- is not well explained; older piaggia meant 'hillside'.
Portugais
/ˈpɾajɐ/
fém.héréditaire
Portuguese often turned pl- into pr-: PLAGIAM → praia.
Roumain
/ˈplaʒə/
fém.emprunté · French plage
Catalan
/ˈpladʒə/
fém.héréditaire
Anglais
/bitʃ/
anglais natif · uncertain, perhaps Old English bæce 'stream'
L’ancêtre latin
PLAGIAM‘shore (Late Latin, from Greek plágios 'slanting')’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
A beach is literally a 'slope' down to the water. French took the word from Italian in the Middle Ages, which is why it shows no native sound change.
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esPasamos el día en la playa.
- frOn passe la journée à la plage.
- itPassiamo la giornata in spiaggia.
- ptPassamos o dia na praia.
- roPetrecem ziua la plajă.
- caPassem el dia a la platja.
- enWe spend the day at the beach.