« nice to meet you » en sept langues
Sensnice to meet you
Espagnol
/enkanˈtado/
héréditaire
A woman says encantada; also mucho gusto.
Français
/ɑ̃ʃɑ̃te/
héréditaire
A woman writes enchantée.
Italien
/pjaˈtʃere/
autre source · Latin PLACĒRE 'to please' ('a pleasure')
Portugais
/ˈmũjtu pɾaˈzeh/
autre source · Latin PLACĒRE 'to please' ('a pleasure')
Roumain
/ɨnkɨnˈtat/
héréditaire
A woman says încântată.
Catalan
/əŋkənˈtat/
héréditaire
A woman says encantada.
Anglais
/naɪs tə mit ju/
autre source · Old French nice (Latin NESCIUM 'ignorant')
L’ancêtre latin
INCANTĀRE‘to chant a spell over’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
Spanish and French say 'enchanted' — literally bewitched, from INCANTĀRE (CANERE 'to sing'); French turned the ca into cha. Italian simply says 'a pleasure'.
Parents anglais: enchant, incantation, chant
Lois phonétiques à l’œuvre
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- es—Esta es Lucía. —¡Encantado!
- fr— Je te présente Lucie. — Enchanté !
- it— Ti presento Lucia. — Piacere!
- pt— Esta é a Lúcia. — Muito prazer!
- ro— Ea e Lucia. — Încântat!
- ca— Aquesta és la Lucía. — Encantat!
- en— This is Lucía. — Nice to meet you!
La famille latine
CAN-, CANT-· sing
CANERE 'to sing' was replaced in speech by its frequentative CANTĀRE, which survives everywhere. French palatalized CA- to cha- (chanter, chanson, enchanter), and English borrowed those French shapes; Spanish and Italian kept the hard c. Portuguese and Catalan kept the hard c too; Romanian cânta raised the a before n to â.
CANTĀREto sing
escantarfrchanteritcantareptcantarrocântacacantarenchant
CANTIŌNEMsong
escanciónfrchansonitcanzoneptcançãocacançó
CANTUMa song, singing
escantofrchantitcantoptcantorocântcacantencanto
INCANTĀREto sing a spell over
esencantarfrenchanteritincantareptencantarroîncântacaencantarenenchant
ACCENTUMa 'singing to', intonation
esacentofraccentitaccentoptacentoroaccentcaaccentenaccent
Plus de mots : Salutations et politesse
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- madam, Mrs., Ms.señoramadamesignorasenhoradoamnăsenyora
- welcomebienvenidobienvenuebenvenutobem-vindobine ai venitbenvingut
- of courseclarobien sûrcertoclarosigurés clar
- OK, agreedde acuerdod'accordd'accordocombinadode acordd'acord
- bless you (after a sneeze)¡Jesús!à tes souhaits !salute!saúde!sănătate!Jesús!