« money » en sept langues
Sensmoney
Espagnol
/diˈneɾo/
masc.héréditaire
Français
/aʁʒɑ̃/
masc.autre source · Latin ARGENTUM 'silver'
Italien
/ˈsɔldi/
masc.autre source · Latin SOLIDUM, the gold solidus coin (soldo, pl. soldi)
Always plural in this sense; the more formal word is denaro, Spanish dinero's cognate.
Portugais
/dʒiˈɲejɾu/
masc.héréditaire
Roumain
/banʲ/
masc.autre source · plural of ban 'small coin', of disputed origin (usually linked to the title ban 'governor')
Always plural in this sense, like Catalan diners.
Catalan
/diˈnes/
masc.héréditaire
Plural, like Romanian bani; the -r- is silent in Central Catalan.
Anglais
/ˈmʌni/
autre source · Old French moneie (Latin MONĒTAM)
L’ancêtre latin
DĒNĀRIUM‘denarius, a silver coin (originally worth ten asses)’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
Three coins: Spanish named money after the Roman denarius, French after the metal itself, silver, and Italian after the gold solidus — the coin that paid the soldier, whose name it still carries.
Parents anglais: denarius, dinar; argent (heraldry), Argentina; soldier (paid in solidi)
Lois phonétiques à l’œuvre
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esNo tengo dinero.
- frJe n'ai pas d'argent.
- itNon ho soldi.
- ptNão tenho dinheiro.
- roNu am bani.
- caNo tinc diners.
- enI don't have any money.