« tea » en sept langues
Senstea
Espagnol
/te/
masc.emprunté · Min Chinese tê, through the European tea trade
Français
/te/
masc.emprunté · Min Chinese tê, through the European tea trade
Italien
/tɛ/
masc.emprunté · Min Chinese tê, through the European tea trade
Portugais
/ʃa/
masc.autre source · Chinese chá (Mandarin and Cantonese), through the Portuguese at Macau
Portuguese took the chá form, not the Min tê that reached its sisters by sea through the Dutch.
Roumain
/tʃaj/
neutreautre source · Russian čaj (from Chinese chá)
Catalan
/tɛ/
masc.emprunté · Min Chinese tê, through the European tea trade
Anglais
/ti/
du latin/français · Dutch thee, from Min Chinese tê
L’ancêtre
Min Chinese tê‘tea’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
The sea trade from the Min-speaking coast of China brought the te form to Western Europe. Portuguese chá comes from the other Chinese form, cha, which is also the one Russian chai and Turkish çay share.
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- es¿Quieres una taza de té?
- frTu veux une tasse de thé ?
- itVuoi una tazza di tè?
- ptQuer uma xícara de chá?
- roVrei o ceașcă de ceai?
- caVols una tassa de te?
- enWould you like a cup of tea?