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Senstrain
Espagnol
/tɾen/
masc.emprunté · French or English train (19th c.)
Français
/tʁɛ̃/
masc.héréditaire
From traîner 'to drag': a train is a line of things dragged along.
Italien
/ˈtrɛno/
masc.emprunté · French train / English train
Portugais
/tɾẽj/
masc.emprunté · French or English train (19th c.)
In Portugal a train is o comboio.
Roumain
/tren/
neutreemprunté · French train
pluriel: trenuri
Catalan
/tɾɛn/
masc.emprunté · French or English train (19th c.)
Anglais
/tɹeɪn/
du latin/français · Old French train
L’ancêtre latin
*TRAGĪNĀRE‘to drag (from TRAHERE)’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
Long before railways, a train was a trailing line — of servants, of a wedding dress. The railway sense spread from French and English to the whole of Europe.
Parents anglais: train, tractor, attract, distract (TRAHERE)
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esEl tren sale a las diez.
- frLe train part à dix heures.
- itIl treno parte alle dieci.
- ptO trem sai às dez.
- roTrenul pleacă la zece.
- caEl tren surt a les deu.
- enThe train leaves at ten.