« pound (unit of weight) » en sept langues
Senspound (unit of weight)
Espagnol
/ˈlibɾa/
fém.savant
Also the currency: la libra esterlina.
Français
/livʁ/
fém.héréditaire
La livre (pound) is feminine; le livre (book) is masculine and comes from LIBRUM.
Italien
/ˈlibbra/
fém.héréditaire
The currency is la sterlina.
Portugais
/ˈlibɾɐ/
fém.savant
Also the currency: a libra esterlina.
Roumain
/ˈlivrə/
fém.emprunté · Modern Greek lívra and Italian libbra
The currency is lira sterlină.
Catalan
/ˈʎiwɾə/
fém.héréditaire
Catalan turns initial L- into ll- [ʎ]: LĪBRAM → lliura.
Anglais
/paʊnd/
autre source · Old English pund, from Latin PONDŌ 'by weight'
L’ancêtre latin
LĪBRAM‘a pair of scales; a pound’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
The Romance words come from LĪBRA 'scales', which is why the English abbreviation is lb and the sign £. English pound itself is an early loan of PONDŌ 'by weight', the root of ponderous.
Parents anglais: lb, Libra, equilibrium, deliberate
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esUna libra son unos 450 gramos.
- frUne livre fait environ 450 grammes.
- itUna libbra è circa 450 grammi.
- ptUma libra são cerca de 450 gramas.
- roO livră are cam 450 de grame.
- caUna lliura són uns 450 grams.
- enA pound is about 450 grams.