« fancy (elegant, upmarket) » en sept langues
Sensfancy (elegant, upmarket)
Espagnol
/eleˈɡante/
savant
De lujo 'luxury' is common too: un hotel de lujo.
Français
/ʃik/
autre source · French chic, a 19th-century word of disputed origin
Invariable in everyday use: des restaurants chic or chics.
Italien
/eleˈɡante/
savant
Portugais
/ˈʃiki/
autre source · French chic, of disputed origin
Roumain
/eleˈɡant/
savant
Catalan
/ələˈɡan/
savant
Anglais
/ˈfænsi/
autre source · contraction of fantasy (Old French fantasie)
A fancy was first a whim of the imagination.
L’ancêtre latin
ELEGANTEM‘choosy, refined’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
English fancy is fantasy worn short. Spanish and Italian call a smart place elegante (or de lujo, di lusso); French says chic, a word English later borrowed back.
Parents anglais: elegant, elegance
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esCenamos en un restaurante elegante.
- frOn a dîné dans un restaurant chic.
- itAbbiamo cenato in un ristorante elegante.
- ptJantamos num restaurante chique.
- roAm luat cina într-un restaurant elegant.
- caVam sopar en un restaurant elegant.
- enWe had dinner in a fancy restaurant.
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