« improvement » en sept langues
Sensimprovement
Espagnol
/meˈxoɾa/
fém.héréditaire
A noun made from mejorar 'to improve'; mejoramiento also exists.
Français
/ameljɔʁasjɔ̃/
fém.héréditaire
From améliorer, a remake of Old French meillorer, with the learned suffix -ation.
Italien
/miʎʎoraˈmento/
masc.héréditaire
migliorare + -mento.
Portugais
/meˈʎɔɾɐ/
fém.héréditaire
Melhoria is also common, especially for improvements to things.
Roumain
/ɨmbunətəˈtsire/
fém.autre source · Romanian bun 'good' (Latin BONUM)
Catalan
/miˈʎoɾə/
fém.héréditaire
Anglais
/ɪmˈpɹuvmənt/
autre source · improve (Anglo-French emprouwer 'to turn to profit') + -ment
The shared word is the formal ameliorate.
L’ancêtre latin
MELIŌRĀRE‘to make better (from MELIOR 'better')’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
All three are 'making better', built on the word for better: mejor, meilleur, migliore. The LI of MELIOR gave Spanish j, French ill and Italian gli.
Parents anglais: ameliorate
Lois phonétiques à l’œuvre
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esHa habido una gran mejora.
- frIl y a eu une nette amélioration.
- itC'è stato un grande miglioramento.
- ptHouve uma grande melhora.
- roA fost o îmbunătățire mare.
- caHi ha hagut una gran millora.
- enThere has been a big improvement.