« happy » en sept langues
Senshappy
Espagnol
/feˈliθ/
savant
Contento and alegre are everyday alternatives.
Français
/øʁø/
autre source · Old French heur 'luck' (← AUGURIUM 'omen') + -eux
fém.: heureuse
Italien
/feˈlitʃe/
héréditaire
Portugais
/feˈlis/
savant
An inherited form would have lost the -l- between vowels, as in dor ← DOLŌREM.
Roumain
/feriˈtʃit/
héréditaire
Literally 'made happy', from old ferice ← FĒLĪCEM, with the Romanian l → r between vowels.
Catalan
/fəˈlis/
héréditaire
Content is the everyday alternative.
Anglais
/ˈhæpi/
autre source · hap (Old Norse happ) + -y
Borrowed 'felicity' is the shared word.
L’ancêtre latin
FĒLĪCEM‘fruitful, lucky, happy’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
Happiness was luck in Latin (FĒLĪX first meant 'fruitful') and stayed luck in French: heureux is 'full of heur', a good omen — compare English happy, from hap 'chance'.
Parents anglais: felicity, felicitations, Felix
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esSoy muy feliz aquí.
- frJe suis très heureux ici.
- itSono molto felice qui.
- ptEstou muito feliz aqui.
- roSunt foarte fericit aici.
- caSoc molt feliç aquí.
- enI'm very happy here.