« queue, line (of people) » en sept langues
Sensqueue, line (of people)
Espagnol
/ˈkola/
fém.héréditaire
Also 'tail'; hacer cola 'to queue'. The l in place of d is not fully explained.
Français
/fil/
fém.autre source · filer 'to spin; to go in a line', from Latin FĪLUM 'thread'
In full file d'attente; la queue is the tail — and also a queue, informally.
Italien
/ˈfila/
fém.autre source · Latin FĪLUM 'thread'
Fare la fila; also fare la coda, the 'tail' again.
Portugais
/ˈfilɐ/
fém.autre source · Latin FĪLUM 'thread'
Bicha in Portugal, a word to avoid in Brazil.
Roumain
/ˈko̯adə/
fém.héréditaire
Also 'tail': a sta la coadă 'to stand in line'.
Catalan
/ˈkuə/
fém.héréditaire
Also 'tail': fer cua 'to queue'.
Anglais
/kju/
du latin/français · French queue 'tail' (Latin CŌDAM)
American English says line.
L’ancêtre latin
CŌDAM (classical CAUDAM)‘tail’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
Half the sisters queue in a 'tail' (cola, coadă, cua, and Italian coda), the other half in a 'line of thread' (file, fila). English took the French tail, queue, for the line itself; coward is a 'tail-tucker' from the same word.
Parents anglais: queue, coda, coward
Lois phonétiques à l’œuvre
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esHay mucha cola en la panadería.
- frIl y a une longue file d'attente à la boulangerie.
- itC'è una lunga fila in panetteria.
- ptTem uma fila enorme na padaria.
- roE o coadă lungă la brutărie.
- caHi ha molta cua a la fleca.
- enThere's a long queue at the bakery.