« rabbit » en sept langues
Sensrabbit
Espagnol
/koˈnexo/
masc.héréditaire
Français
/lapɛ̃/
masc.autre source · of obscure origin, related to lapereau 'young rabbit'
Old French had conil from CUNĪCULUM, which gave English coney.
Italien
/koˈniʎʎo/
masc.héréditaire
Portugais
/koˈeʎu/
masc.héréditaire
Two Portuguese laws in one word: intervocalic -N- lost, -CUL- → lh.
Roumain
/ˈjepure/
masc.autre source · Latin LEPOREM 'hare'
Iepure is the hare too; a pet rabbit is an iepure de casă.
Catalan
/kuˈniʎ/
masc.héréditaire
Anglais
/ˈɹæbɪt/
autre source · Middle English rabet, probably from Walloon (of Dutch origin)
The older English coney came from CUNĪCULUM.
L’ancêtre latin
CUNĪCULUM‘rabbit (said by the Romans to be an Iberian word)’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
Roman writers already called the rabbit a Spanish animal. French dropped conil — perhaps because it sounded too much like a vulgar word — for the obscure lapin.
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esMi hija quiere un conejo.
- frMa fille veut un lapin.
- itMia figlia vuole un coniglio.
- ptMinha filha quer um coelho.
- roFiica mea vrea un iepure.
- caLa meva filla vol un conill.
- enMy daughter wants a rabbit.