« room, bedroom » en sept langues
Sensroom, bedroom
Espagnol
/abitaˈθjon/
fém.autre source · learned, from Latin HABITĀTIŌNEM 'dwelling'
Also cuarto; Spanish cámara is now a camera.
Français
/ʃɑ̃bʁ/
fém.héréditaire
Chambre is a bedroom; a room in general is une pièce or une salle.
Italien
/ˈkamera/
fém.héréditaire
Camera da letto is the bedroom; stanza is any room.
Portugais
/ˈkwahtu/
masc.autre source · Latin QUARTUM 'fourth (part)'
Roumain
/ˈkamerə/
fém.emprunté · Italian camera
The inherited doublet is cămară 'pantry'.
Catalan
/əbitəsiˈo/
fém.autre source · Latin HABITĀTIŌNEM 'dwelling' (learned)
Inherited cambra survives, but sounds formal or old-fashioned.
Anglais
/ɹum/
anglais natif · Old English rūm
Attention : faux amis
camera (Anglais) signifie « device for taking photos » · camera (Italien) signifie « room (camera da letto: bedroom) »
Latin CAMERA 'vaulted room' (from Greek). English camera is short for camera obscura 'dark chamber', the room-sized ancestor of the device; Italian kept the room.
L’ancêtre latin
CAMERAM‘vaulted room (from Greek kamára 'vault')’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
Italian keeps CAMERA unchanged; French turned ca- into cha- and slipped a b into the cluster m'r (chambre). English camera is short for camera obscura, 'dark room'.
Parents anglais: chamber, camera, comrade (Spanish camarada 'roommate')
Lois phonétiques à l’œuvre
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esMi habitación está arriba.
- frMa chambre est en haut.
- itLa mia camera è di sopra.
- ptMeu quarto fica lá em cima.
- roCamera mea e la etaj.
- caLa meva habitació és a dalt.
- enMy room is upstairs.