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Senswrist
Espagnol
/muˈɲeka/
fém.autre source · of uncertain origin (the same word as muñeca 'doll')
Français
/pwaɲɛ/
masc.autre source · poing 'fist' (Latin PUGNUM) + -et
Italien
/ˈpolso/
masc.héréditaire
Also the pulse itself: sentire il polso.
Portugais
/ˈpuwsu/
masc.savant
Also the pulse itself.
Roumain
/ɨnkejeˈturə/
fém.autre source · încheia 'to join, fasten' (of Latin origin) + -tură
Any joint; the wrist is încheietura mâinii.
Catalan
/kəˈneʎ/
masc.autre source · probably from Latin CANNA 'reed, tube' (via a diminutive)
Anglais
/ɹɪst/
anglais natif · Old English wrist
L’ancêtre latin
PULSUM‘a beat (of the pulse)’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
Italians and Portuguese named the wrist after the pulse you take there (polso, pulso). French made it 'the little fist', and in Spanish the wrist and the doll are the same word, muñeca.
Parents anglais: pulse, impulse
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esMe he torcido la muñeca.
- frJe me suis foulé le poignet.
- itMi sono slogato il polso.
- ptTorci o pulso.
- roMi-am scrântit încheietura mâinii.
- caM'he torçat el canell.
- enI sprained my wrist.