« to turn » en sept langues
Sensto turn
Espagnol
/xiˈɾaɾ/
autre source · Late Latin GȲRĀRE, from Greek gŷros 'circle'
Turning a corner is also doblar; turning round is darse la vuelta.
Français
/tuʁne/
héréditaire
Italien
/dʒiˈrare/
autre source · Late Latin GȲRĀRE, from Greek gŷros 'circle'
Turning a corner is also svoltare.
Portugais
/viˈɾah/
autre source · of disputed origin (perhaps French virer)
Roumain
/ɨnˈto̯artʃe/
autre source · Latin *INTORQUERE 'to twist' (TORQUĒRE)
Turning at a corner is usually o lua la stânga / la dreapta.
Catalan
/ʒiˈɾa/
autre source · Late Latin GȲRĀRE, from Greek gŷros 'circle'
Barcelona also says tombar.
Anglais
/tɝn/
du latin/français · Old English turnian (from Latin), reinforced by Old French torner
L’ancêtre latin
TORNĀRE‘to turn on a lathe’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
French kept the carpenter's word, 'to work on a lathe'; Spanish and Italian took Greek 'to circle' (gyro), which shows the j-g split: Spanish x, Italian dʒ.
Parents anglais: tour, tournament, return, attorney; gyroscope (from GȲRĀRE)
Lois phonétiques à l’œuvre
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esGira a la izquierda después de la iglesia.
- frTournez à gauche après l'église.
- itGira a sinistra dopo la chiesa.
- ptVire à esquerda depois da igreja.
- roIa-o la stânga după biserică.
- caGira a l'esquerra després de l'església.
- enTurn left after the church.
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