"mouse" in sette lingue
Significatomouse
Spagnolo
/raˈton/
m.altra origine · rata 'rat' (origin debated) + -ón
Francese
/suʁi/
f.altra origine · Latin SŌRĪCEM 'shrew'
Italiano
/ˈtɔpo/
m.altra origine · Latin TALPAM 'mole'
Portoghese
/ˈhatu/
m.altra origine · of uncertain, probably imitative origin (compare Spanish rata, French rat)
Rato covers rats too; a small house mouse is a camundongo in Brazil.
Rumeno
/ˈʃo̯aretʃe/
m.altra origine · Latin SŌRICEM 'shrew'
The same Latin word as French souris.
Catalano
/rətuˈli/
m.altra origine · Catalan rata 'rat' (of uncertain, probably imitative origin) + diminutive suffix
Inglese
/maʊs/
inglese nativa · Old English mūs
plurale: mice
Kindred to Latin MŪS, which the sisters lost; muscle is Latin for 'little mouse'.
Attenzione: falsi amici
topo (Spagnolo) significa “mole” · topo (Italiano) significa “mouse”
Italian topo goes back to Latin TALPA 'mole', shifted to the mouse (Italian 'mole' is the learned-looking talpa). Spanish topo is of disputed origin — perhaps the same TALPA, perhaps an expressive word.
rato (Spagnolo) significa “a while, a short time” · rato (Portoghese) significa “mouse; rat”
Coincidence. Spanish rato is Latin RAPTUM 'a snatching', hence a sudden moment; Portuguese rato belongs with English rat and Italian ratto, a widespread word of uncertain origin.
La storia
Latin MŪS died out, and each sister borrowed a different small creature: French took the shrew, Italian the mole, Spanish a little rat. The computer mouse is ratón, souris and mouse in Italian.
Imparala
In una frase
- esEl gato persigue a un ratón.
- frLe chat poursuit une souris.
- itIl gatto insegue un topo.
- ptO gato está correndo atrás de um rato.
- roPisica aleargă după un șoarece.
- caEl gat persegueix un ratolí.
- enThe cat is chasing a mouse.