« world » en sept langues
Sensworld
Espagnol
/ˈmundo/
masc.savant
Semi-learned: short Ŭ would regularly give o (compare Italian mondo); church usage preserved the u.
Français
/mɔ̃d/
masc.héréditaire
Also 'people': il y a du monde 'it's crowded'.
Italien
/ˈmondo/
masc.héréditaire
Portugais
/ˈmũdu/
masc.savant
Semi-learned like Spanish mundo: inherited short Ŭ would have given o.
Roumain
/ˈlume/
fém.autre source · Latin LŪMEN 'light'
Christian Latin spoke of the world of the living as 'the light'.
Catalan
/mon/
masc.héréditaire
Catalan simplified -nd- and dropped the final vowel: MUNDUM → món.
Anglais
/wɝld/
anglais natif · Old English weorold
Attention : faux amis
lume (Italien) signifie « lamp, light » · lume (Roumain) signifie « world; people »
Both from Latin LŪMEN 'light'. Romanian shifted it to 'world' after Slavic světъ, which meant both; toată lumea is 'everybody'. Italian kept the light.
L’ancêtre latin
MUNDUM‘world, universe; also 'clean, orderly' (adj.)’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
MUNDUS translated Greek kósmos, 'order' — the world as an arranged whole. French tout le monde, 'everybody', is literally 'all the world'.
Parents anglais: mundane
Lois phonétiques à l’œuvre
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esHa viajado por todo el mundo.
- frElle a voyagé dans le monde entier.
- itHa viaggiato in tutto il mondo.
- ptEla viajou pelo mundo todo.
- roA călătorit prin toată lumea.
- caHa viatjat per tot el món.
- enShe has travelled all over the world.