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Sensbreakfast
Espagnol
/desaˈʝuno/
masc.héréditaire
Built in Spanish from des- + ayuno 'fast' (IĒIŪNIUM).
Français
/pəti deʒœne/
masc.héréditaire
Déjeuner alone is lunch in France — but breakfast in Belgium, Switzerland and Québec.
Italien
/kolatˈtsjone/
fém.autre source · Latin COLLĀTIŌNEM 'a bringing together', a light monastic meal
Portugais
/kaˈfɛ da maˈɲɐ̃/
masc.autre source · Portuguese café 'coffee' + da manhã 'of the morning'
European Portuguese says pequeno-almoço.
Roumain
/mik deˈʒun/
neutreemprunté · French déjeuner, with mic 'small' (after petit-déjeuner)
Catalan
/əzmurˈza/
masc.autre source · a Vulgar Latin derivative of MORDĒRE 'to bite'
Anglais
/ˈbɹɛkfəst/
anglais natif · English break + fast
English dinner comes from Old French disner, from this same *DISIĒIŪNĀRE.
L’ancêtre latin
*DISIĒIŪNĀRE‘to break one's fast (from IĒIŪNIUM 'fast')’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
Spanish and French both say 'un-fast', like English breakfast. English dinner is that very French verb (disner), so dinner and déjeuner are cognates.
Parents anglais: breakfast (the same idea in English); dinner (Old French disner, the same verb); jejunum
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esEl desayuno es a las ocho.
- frLe petit-déjeuner est à huit heures.
- itLa colazione è alle otto.
- ptO café da manhã é às oito.
- roMicul dejun e la opt.
- caL'esmorzar és a les vuit.
- enBreakfast is at eight.