« silly » en sept langues
Senssilly
Espagnol
/ˈtonto/
autre source · an expressive coinage of Spanish (Corominas)
Français
/bɛt/
autre source · Latin BESTIAM 'beast'
Italien
/ˈʃɔkko/
autre source · probably Latin EXSŪCUM 'sapless, juiceless'
Portugais
/ˈbobu/
autre source · probably Latin BALBUM 'stammering'
Roumain
/prost/
autre source · Old Church Slavonic prostŭ 'simple'
Fairly blunt; the diminutive prostuț is gentler.
Catalan
/ˈʃimplə/
autre source · Latin SIMPLEX 'simple', with an expressive x-
Anglais
/ˈsɪli/
anglais natif · Old English sǣlig 'blessed, happy'
It drifted from 'blessed' to 'innocent' to 'foolish'.
L’histoire
Four unrelated words. French calls a silly person a beast (bête, with the circumflex of a lost s); Italian sciocco is probably 'without juice', and still means 'bland' of food in Tuscany.
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- es¡No seas tonto!
- frNe sois pas bête !
- itNon fare lo sciocco!
- ptNão seja bobo!
- roNu fi prost!
- caNo siguis ximple!
- enDon't be silly!