« carbon (the element) » en sept langues
Senscarbon (the element)
Espagnol
/karˈbono/
masc.emprunté · French carbone
Carbón is coal; carbono is the element.
Français
/kaʁbɔn/
masc.savant
A modern chemists' coinage; the inherited word charbon means coal.
Italien
/karˈbɔnjo/
masc.emprunté · French carbone
Carbone is coal; carbonio is the element.
Portugais
/kahˈbonu/
masc.emprunté · French carbone
Carvão is coal: the inherited CARBŌNEM, with b → v and the -n- lost.
Roumain
/karˈbon/
neutreemprunté · French carbone
Cărbune is coal, the inherited word.
Catalan
/kəɾˈbɔni/
masc.emprunté · French carbone
Carbó is coal, the inherited word.
Anglais
/ˈkɑɹbən/
du latin/français · French carbone
L’ancêtre latin
CARBŌNEM‘charcoal, coal’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
Every sister has two words from CARBŌNEM: the old inherited one for coal (carbón, charbon, carbone) and the modern scientific one for the element. French charbon shows CA turning to cha; the learned carbone does not.
Parents anglais: carbonate, carbonize, carburettor
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esLos diamantes están hechos de carbono.
- frLes diamants sont faits de carbone.
- itI diamanti sono fatti di carbonio.
- ptOs diamantes são feitos de carbono.
- roDiamantele sunt făcute din carbon.
- caEls diamants són de carboni.
- enDiamonds are made of carbon.