« blue » en sept langues
Sensblue
Espagnol
/aˈθul/
autre source · Arabic lāzaward, from Persian lāžward 'lapis lazuli'
The initial l- was lost, probably taken for an article.
Français
/blø/
héréditaire
Italien
/blu/
emprunté · French bleu
Azzurro (sky blue, the national colour) is the Persian-Arabic word, like Spanish azul.
Portugais
/aˈzuw/
autre source · Arabic lāzaward, from Persian lāžward 'lapis lazuli'
Roumain
/alˈbastru/
autre source · spoken Latin *ALBASTRUM 'whitish', from ALBUS 'white'
fém.: albastră
A word for 'whitish' that drifted to 'blue'.
Catalan
/blaw/
héréditaire
Catalan shares the Germanic word with French and Occitan; Spanish never took it.
Anglais
/blu/
du latin/français · Old French bleu
Middle English took blew from French, overlaying native Old English blāw from the same Germanic root.
L’ancêtre
Frankish *blāo‘blue’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
Latin had no firm word for blue. French took a Frankish one and passed it to Italian; Spanish named the colour after the precious blue stone, lapis lazuli — as did Italian azzurro.
Parents anglais: blue (Germanic cognate); azure, lapis lazuli (from the Arabic-Persian word)
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esHoy el mar está muy azul.
- frLa mer est très bleue aujourd'hui.
- itOggi il mare è azzurrissimo.
- ptO mar está muito azul hoje.
- roMarea e foarte albastră azi.
- caAvui el mar està molt blau.
- enThe sea is very blue today.