« work » en sept langues
Senswork
Espagnol
/tɾaˈbaxo/
masc.héréditaire
Formed from the verb trabajar, Old Spanish for 'to suffer, toil'.
Français
/tʁavaj/
masc.héréditaire
pluriel: travaux
Italien
/laˈvoro/
masc.autre source · Latin LABŌRĀRE 'to toil' (lavoro is formed from lavorare)
Portugais
/tɾaˈbaʎu/
masc.héréditaire
Roumain
/ˈmunkə/
fém.autre source · Old Church Slavonic mǫka 'torment, toil'
Catalan
/ˈfɛjnə/
fém.autre source · Latin FACIENDA 'things to be done'
Catalan also has treball, the inherited cognate, but feina is the everyday word.
Anglais
/wɝk/
anglais natif · Old English weorc
L’ancêtre latin
*TRIPALIUM‘a three-staked device (traditionally, of torture); the etymology is debated’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
Spanish and French work comes, on the most widely accepted (but disputed) account, from a three-pronged instrument of torment: work began as suffering. English travel is the same word — the medieval journey was an ordeal. Italian chose LABOR, the plain Latin 'toil'.
Parents anglais: travail, travel; labour (from LABŌREM, Italian's source)
Lois phonétiques à l’œuvre
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esHoy tengo mucho trabajo.
- frJ'ai beaucoup de travail aujourd'hui.
- itOggi ho molto lavoro.
- ptHoje tenho muito trabalho.
- roAzi am multă muncă.
- caAvui tinc molta feina.
- enI have a lot of work today.