"car" in sette lingue
Significatocar
Spagnolo
/ˈkotʃe/
m.altra origine · Hungarian kocsi '(carriage) from Kocs', via German or French
Spain's word; Latin America says carro or auto.
Francese
/vwatyʁ/
f.ereditaria
Italiano
/ˈmakkina/
f.altra origine · Latin MĀCHINAM 'contrivance' (Greek mēkhanḗ), short for macchina automobile
Also auto (f) and automobile.
Portoghese
/ˈkahu/
m.altra origine · Latin CARRUM 'cart' (a Gaulish word)
Latin American Spanish carro is the same word; Portugal also says carro.
Rumeno
/maˈʃinə/
f.altra origine · French machine (Latin MĀCHINAM)
Like Italian macchina, 'the machine' became the car.
Catalano
/ˈkɔtʃə/
m.altra origine · Hungarian kocsi '(carriage) from Kocs', via Spanish or French
Inglese
/kɑɹ/
altra origine · Anglo-Norman carre, from Latin CARRUM (of Gaulish origin)
L’antenato latino
VECTŪRAM‘transport, carriage (from VEHERE 'to carry')’
Tutte e sei le sorelle discendono da questa parola, salvo diversa indicazione qui sotto.
La storia
Three unrelated words: French 'conveyance', Italian 'the machine', and Spanish 'the coach' — named after the Hungarian village of Kocs, famous for its carriages.
Parenti inglesi: vector, vehicle (VEHERE); machine (MĀCHINA)
Imparala
In una frase
- esVamos en coche.
- frOn y va en voiture.
- itAndiamo in macchina.
- ptA gente vai de carro.
- roMergem cu mașina.
- caHi anirem amb cotxe.
- enWe'll go by car.