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Senssignal
Espagnol
/seˈɲal/
fém.héréditaire
Also a road sign and a deposit paid in advance.
Français
/siɲal/
masc.savant
pluriel: signaux
Old French had seignal; the spelling was later redone after Latin.
Italien
/seɲˈɲale/
masc.héréditaire
Portugais
/siˈnaw/
masc.héréditaire
Roumain
/semˈnal/
neutreemprunté · Italian segnale, reshaped after semn 'sign'
Catalan
/səˈɲal/
masc.héréditaire
Often feminine in everyday speech (la senyal), though the norm prefers el senyal.
Anglais
/ˈsɪɡnəl/
du latin/français · Old French signal, Medieval Latin SIGNĀLE
L’ancêtre latin
SIGNĀLE‘sign, mark (from SIGNUM)’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
Latin GN melted into one palatal sound: Spanish writes it ñ (señal), Italian gn (segnale). Spanish made the word feminine — la señal.
Parents anglais: sign, signature, design, insignia
Lois phonétiques à l’œuvre
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esAquí no hay señal.
- frIci, il n'y a pas de signal.
- itQui non c'è segnale.
- ptAqui não tem sinal.
- roAici nu e semnal.
- caAquí no hi ha senyal.
- enThere's no signal here.