"breakfast" in sette lingue
Significatobreakfast
Spagnolo
/desaˈʝuno/
m.ereditaria
Built in Spanish from des- + ayuno 'fast' (IĒIŪNIUM).
Francese
/pəti deʒœne/
m.ereditaria
Déjeuner alone is lunch in France — but breakfast in Belgium, Switzerland and Québec.
Italiano
/kolatˈtsjone/
f.altra origine · Latin COLLĀTIŌNEM 'a bringing together', a light monastic meal
Portoghese
/kaˈfɛ da maˈɲɐ̃/
m.altra origine · Portuguese café 'coffee' + da manhã 'of the morning'
European Portuguese says pequeno-almoço.
Rumeno
/mik deˈʒun/
neutroprestito · French déjeuner, with mic 'small' (after petit-déjeuner)
Catalano
/əzmurˈza/
m.altra origine · a Vulgar Latin derivative of MORDĒRE 'to bite'
Inglese
/ˈbɹɛkfəst/
inglese nativa · English break + fast
English dinner comes from Old French disner, from this same *DISIĒIŪNĀRE.
L’antenato latino
*DISIĒIŪNĀRE‘to break one's fast (from IĒIŪNIUM 'fast')’
Tutte e sei le sorelle discendono da questa parola, salvo diversa indicazione qui sotto.
La storia
Spanish and French both say 'un-fast', like English breakfast. English dinner is that very French verb (disner), so dinner and déjeuner are cognates.
Parenti inglesi: breakfast (the same idea in English); dinner (Old French disner, the same verb); jejunum
Imparala
In una frase
- esEl desayuno es a las ocho.
- frLe petit-déjeuner est à huit heures.
- itLa colazione è alle otto.
- ptO café da manhã é às oito.
- roMicul dejun e la opt.
- caL'esmorzar és a les vuit.
- enBreakfast is at eight.