"dress" in sette lingue
Significatodress
Spagnolo
/besˈtido/
m.ereditaria
Francese
/ʁɔb/
f.altra origine · Frankish *rauba 'spoils, booty'
Italiano
/vesˈtito/
m.ereditaria
Also a man's suit.
Portoghese
/vesˈtʃidu/
m.ereditaria
Rumeno
/ˈrokie/
f.altra origine · of Slavic origin (compare Bulgarian roklja)
plurale: rochii
Catalano
/bəsˈtit/
m.ereditaria
Also a man's suit; Central Catalan has no v sound.
Inglese
/dɹɛs/
altra origine · Old French dresser 'arrange'
Attenzione: falsi amici
ropa (Spagnolo) significa “clothes” · robe (Francese) significa “dress”
Both from Germanic *rauba 'booty, spoils' — clothes being what was stripped from the defeated (Spanish robar 'to steal' is the same root). Spanish generalized it; French narrowed it to one garment.
L’antenato latino
VESTĪTUM‘clothed (participle of VESTĪRE)’
Tutte e sei le sorelle discendono da questa parola, salvo diversa indicazione qui sotto.
La storia
Spanish and Italian call a dress 'the clothed (thing)'; French robe is plunder again — the same Germanic root as Spanish ropa.
Parenti inglesi: vest, vestment, invest
Leggi fonetiche all’opera
Imparala
In una frase
- es¡Qué vestido tan bonito!
- frQuelle jolie robe !
- itChe bel vestito!
- ptQue vestido lindo!
- roCe rochie frumoasă!
- caQuin vestit tan bonic!
- enWhat a lovely dress!