« to sing » en sept langues
Sensto sing
Espagnol
/kanˈtaɾ/
héréditaire
Français
/ʃɑ̃te/
héréditaire
Italien
/kanˈtare/
héréditaire
Portugais
/kɐ̃ˈtah/
héréditaire
Roumain
/kɨnˈta/
héréditaire
Catalan
/kənˈta/
héréditaire
Anglais
/sɪŋ/
anglais natif · Old English singan
L’ancêtre latin
CANTĀRE‘to sing (frequentative of CANERE)’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
Spanish and Italian keep the Latin word nearly intact; French turned CA- into cha- and -ĀRE into -er. English has both: chant (from French) and canto (from Italian).
Parents anglais: chant, enchant, cantata, canto, incantation
Lois phonétiques à l’œuvre
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esCanta muy bien.
- frElle chante très bien.
- itCanta benissimo.
- ptEla canta muito bem.
- roCântă foarte frumos.
- caCanta molt bé.
- enShe sings very well.
La famille latine
CAN-, CANT-· sing
CANERE 'to sing' was replaced in speech by its frequentative CANTĀRE, which survives everywhere. French palatalized CA- to cha- (chanter, chanson, enchanter), and English borrowed those French shapes; Spanish and Italian kept the hard c. Portuguese and Catalan kept the hard c too; Romanian cânta raised the a before n to â.
CANTĀREto sing
escantarfrchanteritcantareptcantarrocântacacantarenchant
CANTIŌNEMsong
escanciónfrchansonitcanzoneptcançãocacançó
CANTUMa song, singing
escantofrchantitcantoptcantorocântcacantencanto
INCANTĀREto sing a spell over
esencantarfrenchanteritincantareptencantarroîncântacaencantarenenchant
ACCENTUMa 'singing to', intonation
esacentofraccentitaccentoptacentoroaccentcaaccentenaccent