"jam" in sette lingue
Significatojam
Spagnolo
/meɾmeˈlada/
f.prestito · Portuguese marmelada 'quince paste'
Francese
/kɔ̃fityʁ/
f.altra origine · confire 'to preserve', Latin CONFICERE 'to prepare'
Italiano
/marmelˈlata/
f.prestito · Portuguese marmelada (perhaps via Spanish)
Portoghese
/ʒeˈlɛjɐ/
f.altra origine · French gelée 'jelly' (Latin GELĀTAM 'frozen')
Marmelada is quince paste; in Portugal jam is doce or compota.
Rumeno
/dʒem/
neutroaltra origine · English jam
Catalano
/məlməˈladə/
f.prestito · Portuguese marmelada, via Spanish
Also confitura.
Inglese
/dʒæm/
inglese nativa · uncertain, perhaps jam 'to press'
Marmalade is the shared word, kept in English for citrus jam.
L’antenato latino
MELIMĒLUM (via Portuguese marmelada)‘honey apple, a sweet quince (Greek melímēlon)’
Tutte e sei le sorelle discendono da questa parola, salvo diversa indicazione qui sotto.
La storia
Portuguese marmelada was quince paste (marmelo 'quince', from Greek melímēlon 'honey apple'). Spanish, Italian and Catalan took it for every jam, English for oranges only; French keeps fruit 'preserved' (confiture), and Brazilian Portuguese says geleia.
Parenti inglesi: marmalade
Imparala
In una frase
- esHay mermelada de fresa para desayunar.
- frIl y a de la confiture de fraises pour le petit-déjeuner.
- itC'è la marmellata di fragole per colazione.
- ptTem geleia de morango no café da manhã.
- roAvem gem de căpșuni la micul dejun.
- caHi ha melmelada de maduixa per esmorzar.
- enThere's strawberry jam for breakfast.