« clothes » en sept langues
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Espagnol
/ˈropa/
fém.autre source · Gothic *raupa 'spoils, plunder'
A collective singular: la ropa.
Français
/vɛtmɑ̃/
masc.héréditaire
Usually plural: les vêtements.
Italien
/vesˈtiti/
masc.héréditaire
Plural of vestito, from vestire 'to dress'.
Portugais
/ˈhowpɐ/
fém.autre source · Germanic *raupa 'spoils, plunder'
A collective singular, like Spanish ropa.
Roumain
/ˈhajne/
fém.autre source · of uncertain origin
Plural of haină 'garment'.
Catalan
/ˈrɔbə/
fém.autre source · Germanic *rauba 'spoils, booty'
Anglais
/kloʊðz/
anglais natif · Old English clāþas
Attention : faux amis
robe (Français) signifie « dress » · ropa (Espagnol) signifie « clothes »
Both from Germanic *rauba 'booty, spoils' — clothes being what was stripped from the defeated (Spanish robar 'to steal' is the same root). Spanish generalized it; French narrowed it to one garment.
roba (Italien) signifie « stuff, things » · ropa (Espagnol) signifie « clothes »
Same Germanic *rauba 'spoils'. Italian roba kept the general 'goods, stuff' (roba da mangiare 'things to eat'); Spanish narrowed it to clothing.
L’ancêtre latin
VESTĪMENTUM‘clothing (from VESTĪRE 'to clothe')’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
Spanish dresses in Germanic 'loot' — clothes stripped from the defeated — the same root as French robe and English rob. French vêtement hides the s of VESTĪMENTUM under its circumflex.
Parents anglais: vest, vestment, travesty; rob, robe (the Germanic cognates of ropa)
Lois phonétiques à l’œuvre
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esTengo que lavar la ropa.
- frJe dois laver mes vêtements.
- itDevo lavare i vestiti.
- ptPreciso lavar a roupa.
- roTrebuie să-mi spăl hainele.
- caHe de rentar la roba.
- enI need to wash my clothes.