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Senssize (of clothes)
Espagnol
/ˈtaʝa/
fém.emprunté · probably French taille or Catalan talla (the native Spanish outcome of TALIĀRE is tajar)
For things other than clothes, size is tamaño; shoe size is número.
Français
/taj/
fém.héréditaire
Also 'height' and 'waist'; shoe size is la pointure.
Italien
/ˈtaʎʎa/
fém.héréditaire
Shoe size is il numero; size in general is la grandezza or le dimensioni.
Portugais
/tɐˈmɐ̃ɲu/
masc.autre source · Latin TAM MAGNUM 'so big'
For shoes Brazilians ask about the número.
Roumain
/məˈrime/
fém.autre source · Romanian mare 'big' + suffix -ime
Catalan
/ˈtaʎə/
fém.héréditaire
Anglais
/saɪz/
autre source · Old French sise, short for assise 'assessment'
L’ancêtre latin
TALIĀRE (Late Latin, from TALEA 'cutting, twig')‘to cut’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
A size is literally a 'cut': the noun comes from the verb to cut (tailler, tagliare), the tailor's trade. The LI cluster became French ill [j] and Italian gli [ʎʎ].
Parents anglais: tailor, detail, retail, tally
Lois phonétiques à l’œuvre
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- es¿Qué talla tienes?
- frVous faites quelle taille ?
- itChe taglia porti?
- ptQual é o seu tamanho?
- roCe mărime porți?
- caQuina talla fas?
- enWhat size do you wear?
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