"rabbit" in sette lingue
Significatorabbit
Spagnolo
/koˈnexo/
m.ereditaria
Francese
/lapɛ̃/
m.altra origine · of obscure origin, related to lapereau 'young rabbit'
Old French had conil from CUNĪCULUM, which gave English coney.
Italiano
/koˈniʎʎo/
m.ereditaria
Portoghese
/koˈeʎu/
m.ereditaria
Two Portuguese laws in one word: intervocalic -N- lost, -CUL- → lh.
Rumeno
/ˈjepure/
m.altra origine · Latin LEPOREM 'hare'
Iepure is the hare too; a pet rabbit is an iepure de casă.
Catalano
/kuˈniʎ/
m.ereditaria
Inglese
/ˈɹæbɪt/
altra origine · Middle English rabet, probably from Walloon (of Dutch origin)
The older English coney came from CUNĪCULUM.
L’antenato latino
CUNĪCULUM‘rabbit (said by the Romans to be an Iberian word)’
Tutte e sei le sorelle discendono da questa parola, salvo diversa indicazione qui sotto.
La storia
Roman writers already called the rabbit a Spanish animal. French dropped conil — perhaps because it sounded too much like a vulgar word — for the obscure lapin.
Imparala
In una frase
- esMi hija quiere un conejo.
- frMa fille veut un lapin.
- itMia figlia vuole un coniglio.
- ptMinha filha quer um coelho.
- roFiica mea vrea un iepure.
- caLa meva filla vol un conill.
- enMy daughter wants a rabbit.