"forest, wood" in sette lingue
Significatoforest, wood
Spagnolo
/ˈboske/
m.prestito · Catalan or Occitan bosc
A dense tropical forest is a selva, from Latin SILVAM.
Francese
/fɔʁɛ/
f.altra origine · Medieval Latin (silva) FORESTIS, a royal hunting reserve; origin of forestis debated
French also has bois 'wood', from the same *BOSC- family as bosque and bosco.
Italiano
/ˈbɔsko/
m.ereditaria
Portoghese
/floˈɾɛstɐ/
f.altra origine · Old French forest, reshaped after flor 'flower'
A smaller wood is a mata or bosque.
Rumeno
/pəˈdure/
f.altra origine · Latin PALŪDEM 'marsh' (inherited)
Catalano
/bɔsk/
m.ereditaria
Inglese
/ˈfɔɹɪst/
altra origine · Old French forest, from Medieval Latin forestis (silva) 'outside (wood)'
L’antenato latino
*BOSCUM‘wood, thicket (Late Latin; probably Germanic *busk- 'bush', origin debated)’
Tutte e sei le sorelle discendono da questa parola, salvo diversa indicazione qui sotto.
La storia
Latin SILVA largely vanished from everyday speech: Spanish and Italian chose a word that probably meant 'bush', French a legal term for land set apart for the king's hunt.
Parenti inglesi: forest (from French); bush, bouquet (the *busk- family)
Imparala
In una frase
- esFuimos a pasear por el bosque.
- frOn est allés se promener en forêt.
- itSiamo andati a passeggiare nel bosco.
- ptFomos passear na floresta.
- roNe-am plimbat prin pădure.
- caVam anar a passejar pel bosc.
- enWe went for a walk in the forest.