« day » en sept langues
Sensday
Espagnol
/ˈdia/
masc.autre source · Latin DIEM 'day'
Masculine despite its -a: el día, buenos días.
Français
/ʒuʁ/
masc.héréditaire
Plain DIEM survives hidden in the weekday names (lundi) and in midi.
Italien
/ˈdʒorno/
masc.héréditaire
The short dì survives in the weekdays (lunedì) and in buondì.
Portugais
/ˈdʒiɐ/
masc.autre source · Latin DIEM 'day'
Roumain
/zi/
fém.autre source · Latin DIEM 'day'
pluriel: zile
Latin d before i became z in Romanian: DIEM → zi, DĪCERE → zice.
Catalan
/ˈdiə/
masc.autre source · Latin DIEM 'day'
Old and literary Catalan jorn is the DIURNUM word, like French jour.
Anglais
/deɪ/
anglais natif · Old English dæg
Despite the look-alike, day is not related to Latin DIĒS.
L’ancêtre latin
DIURNUM‘daily, of the day (from DIĒS)’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
French and Italian replaced DIĒS with the adjective 'daily'; Spanish kept DIĒS itself. English journey was once 'a day's travel'.
Parents anglais: journal, journey, diurnal (DIURNUS); diary, dial (DIĒS)
Lois phonétiques à l’œuvre
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- es¡Qué día tan bonito!
- frQuelle belle journée !
- itChe bella giornata!
- ptQue dia lindo!
- roCe zi frumoasă!
- caQuin dia més bonic!
- enWhat a beautiful day!