« to explain » en sept langues
Sensto explain
Espagnol
/ekspliˈkaɾ/
savant
Français
/ɛksplike/
savant
Italien
/spjeˈgare/
héréditaire
Also 'to unfold, spread out' (spiegare le vele); learned esplicare is rare.
Portugais
/ispliˈkah/
savant
Roumain
/ekspliˈka/
savant
Catalan
/əkspliˈka/
savant
Anglais
/ɪkˈspleɪn/
autre source · Latin EXPLĀNĀRE 'to make level' (PLĀNUS 'flat')
Look-alike, different verb: English 'flattens out', the sisters 'unfold'.
L’ancêtre latin
EXPLICĀRE‘to unfold (EX + PLICĀRE 'to fold')’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
To explain is to unfold. Spanish and French use the learned form; Italian kept the spoken one, with pl turned to pi and c voiced to g (spiegare). Spanish llegar 'to arrive' comes from plain PLICĀRE.
Parents anglais: explicit, explicate, implicate, complicated
Lois phonétiques à l’œuvre
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- es¿Puedes explicar esta palabra?
- frTu peux expliquer ce mot ?
- itPuoi spiegare questa parola?
- ptVocê pode explicar esta palavra?
- roPoți să-mi explici cuvântul ăsta?
- caEm pots explicar aquesta paraula?
- enCan you explain this word?