"world" in sette lingue
Significatoworld
Spagnolo
/ˈmundo/
m.dotta
Semi-learned: short Ŭ would regularly give o (compare Italian mondo); church usage preserved the u.
Francese
/mɔ̃d/
m.ereditaria
Also 'people': il y a du monde 'it's crowded'.
Italiano
/ˈmondo/
m.ereditaria
Portoghese
/ˈmũdu/
m.dotta
Semi-learned like Spanish mundo: inherited short Ŭ would have given o.
Rumeno
/ˈlume/
f.altra origine · Latin LŪMEN 'light'
Christian Latin spoke of the world of the living as 'the light'.
Catalano
/mon/
m.ereditaria
Catalan simplified -nd- and dropped the final vowel: MUNDUM → món.
Inglese
/wɝld/
inglese nativa · Old English weorold
Attenzione: falsi amici
lume (Italiano) significa “lamp, light” · lume (Rumeno) significa “world; people”
Both from Latin LŪMEN 'light'. Romanian shifted it to 'world' after Slavic světъ, which meant both; toată lumea is 'everybody'. Italian kept the light.
L’antenato latino
MUNDUM‘world, universe; also 'clean, orderly' (adj.)’
Tutte e sei le sorelle discendono da questa parola, salvo diversa indicazione qui sotto.
La storia
MUNDUS translated Greek kósmos, 'order' — the world as an arranged whole. French tout le monde, 'everybody', is literally 'all the world'.
Parenti inglesi: mundane
Leggi fonetiche all’opera
Imparala
In una frase
- esHa viajado por todo el mundo.
- frElle a voyagé dans le monde entier.
- itHa viaggiato in tutto il mondo.
- ptEla viajou pelo mundo todo.
- roA călătorit prin toată lumea.
- caHa viatjat per tot el món.
- enShe has travelled all over the world.