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Senskidney
Espagnol
/riˈɲon/
masc.héréditaire
From spoken *RĒNIŌNEM, an enlarged form of RĒNEM.
Français
/ʁɛ̃/
masc.héréditaire
Les reins is also the small of the back; kidneys as food are rognons (from *RĒNIŌNEM).
Italien
/ˈrɛne/
masc.savant
Kidneys as food are rognoni, from French.
Portugais
/hĩ/
masc.héréditaire
pluriel: rins
Roumain
/riˈnikʲ/
masc.héréditaire
pluriel: rinichi
From a diminutive in -CULUS (DEX: *RENUNCULUS).
Catalan
/ruˈɲo/
masc.héréditaire
pluriel: ronyons
From *RĒNIŌNEM, like Spanish riñón; the n returns in the plural.
Anglais
/ˈkɪdni/
anglais natif · Middle English kidenei (origin uncertain)
L’ancêtre latin
RĒNEM‘kidney (mostly plural RĒNĒS)’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
French rein and Portuguese rim kept the short Latin word; Spanish riñón and Catalan ronyó grew from *RĒNIŌNEM (NI → ñ, ny), and Romanian rinichi from a diminutive in -CULUS. Adrenaline comes from the glands 'at the kidneys' (AD RĒNĒS).
Parents anglais: renal, adrenaline
Lois phonétiques à l’œuvre
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esLe donó un riñón a su hermano.
- frIl a donné un rein à son frère.
- itHa donato un rene a suo fratello.
- ptEle doou um rim para o irmão.
- roI-a donat un rinichi fratelui său.
- caVa donar un ronyó al seu germà.
- enHe donated a kidney to his brother.