"pencil" in sette lingue
Significatopencil
Spagnolo
/ˈlapiθ/
m.altra origine · Latin LAPIS 'stone' (a marking stone)
plurale: lápices
Francese
/kʁɛjɔ̃/
m.altra origine · French craie 'chalk' (Latin CRĒTAM)
Italiano
/maˈtita/
f.altra origine · Latin (LAPIS) HAEMATĪTĒS 'bloodstone', from Greek
Portoghese
/ˈlapis/
m.altra origine · Italian lapis, from Latin LAPIS 'stone'
Rumeno
/kreˈjon/
neutroaltra origine · French crayon (from craie 'chalk', Latin CRĒTAM)
Catalano
/ˈʎapis/
m.altra origine · Latin LAPIS 'stone' (via Spanish lápiz / Italian lapis)
Inglese
/ˈpɛnsəl/
altra origine · Old French pincel (Latin PĒNICILLUM 'little tail')
La storia
Honestly unrelated, all named after drawing minerals: a stone, chalk, and the red haematite. Careful: French crayon is a pencil, not a crayon (that is a crayon de cire).
Imparala
In una frase
- esEscribe a lápiz.
- frÉcris au crayon.
- itScrivi a matita.
- ptEscreva a lápis.
- roScrie cu creionul.
- caEscriu amb llapis.
- enWrite in pencil.