« to hear » en sept langues
Sensto hear
Espagnol
/oˈiɾ/
héréditaire
Escuchar is 'to listen'.
Français
/ɑ̃tɑ̃dʁ/
autre source · Latin INTENDERE 'to stretch toward, direct one's attention'
Old ouïr (← AUDĪRE) survives only in ouï-dire 'hearsay'.
Italien
/senˈtire/
autre source · Latin SENTĪRE 'to perceive, feel'
Sentire is hearing, smelling and feeling at once; udire (← AUDĪRE) is literary.
Portugais
/oˈvih/
héréditaire
Roumain
/auˈzi/
héréditaire
Catalan
/sənˈti/
autre source · Latin SENTĪRE 'to perceive, feel'
Like Italian sentire; the AUDĪRE heir oir is literary.
Anglais
/hɪɹ/
anglais natif · Old English hīeran
Attention : faux amis
entender (Espagnol) signifie « to understand » · entendre (Français) signifie « to hear »
Both from Latin INTENDERE 'to direct (the mind) toward'. French shifted to hearing, keeping 'understand' only in phrases (laisser entendre, bien entendu); Spanish kept understanding.
L’ancêtre latin
AUDĪRE‘to hear’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
Only Spanish kept AUDĪRE in daily use. Beware: French entendre 'to hear' is the cognate of Spanish entender 'to understand' — same Latin, different sense.
Parents anglais: audio, audience, audible, audition
Lois phonétiques à l’œuvre
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- es¿Me oyes?
- frTu m'entends ?
- itMi senti?
- ptVocê está me ouvindo?
- roMă auzi?
- caEm sents?
- enCan you hear me?
D’autres mots issus du même latin
Plus de mots : Verbes essentiels
- to understandentendercomprendrecapireentenderînțelegeentendre
- to believecreercroirecredereacreditarcredecreure
- to findencontrartrouvertrovareencontrargăsitrobar
- to arrivellegararriverarrivarechegarajungearribar
- to leave, to departsalirpartirpartiresairplecasortir
- to enter, to go inentrarentrerentrareentrarintraentrar