« to describe » en sept langues
Sensto describe
Espagnol
/deskɾiˈbiɾ/
héréditaire
Français
/dekʁiʁ/
héréditaire
Italien
/desˈkrivere/
héréditaire
Portugais
/deskɾeˈveh/
héréditaire
Roumain
/desˈkrie/
emprunté · French décrire, refashioned on scrie 'to write'
Catalan
/dəsˈkɾiwɾə/
héréditaire
Anglais
/dɪˈskɹaɪb/
du latin/français · Old French descrire, reshaped after Latin DĒSCRĪBERE
L’ancêtre latin
DĒSCRĪBERE‘to write down, to copy out (SCRĪBERE 'to write')’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
It is just 'to write' with de-: escribir, écrire, scrivere. French lost the s before the consonant, leaving dé-.
Parents anglais: description, scribe, script, scribble
Lois phonétiques à l’œuvre
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- es¿Puede describir al hombre?
- frPouvez-vous décrire l'homme ?
- itPuò descrivere l'uomo?
- ptVocê pode descrever o homem?
- roPuteți descrie bărbatul?
- caPots descriure l'home?
- enCan you describe the man?
La famille latine
SCRĪB-, SCRĪPT-· write
Initial SC- grew a prop vowel in Spanish (escribir) and French (Old French escrire → écrire), which later dropped the s and left an accent behind. Italian kept the cluster: scrivere, scritto. In this family even the inherited forms look close to Latin, because -PT- simply became -t- or -tt-. Portuguese escrever and Catalan escriure took the prop vowel too; Romanian scrie, like Italian, kept the bare cluster.
SCRĪBEREto write
esescribirfrécrireitscrivereptescreverroscriecaescriure
SCRĪPTUMwritten; a writing
esescritofrécrititscrittoptescritocaescritenscript
SCRĪPTŪRAMwriting
esescriturafrécritureitscritturaptescrituraroscripturăcaescripturaenscripture
DĒSCRĪBEREto write down, describe
esdescribirfrdécrireitdescrivereptdescreverrodescriecadescriureendescribe
SCRĪBAMclerk, scribe
esescribafrscribeitscribaptescribaroscribcaescribaenscribe
MANŪSCRĪPTUM (Medieval Latin)written by hand
esmanuscritofrmanuscrititmanoscrittoptmanuscritoromanuscriscamanuscritenmanuscript
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