"air" in seven languages
Meaningair
Spanish
aire
/ˈaiɾe/
masc.inherited
French
air
/ɛʁ/
masc.inherited
Italian
aria
/ˈarja/
fem.inherited
Also a melody — the source of English aria.
Portuguese
ar
/ah/
masc.inherited
Romanian
aer
/ˈaer/
neut.learned
Catalan
aire
/ˈajɾə/
masc.inherited
English
air
/ɛɹ/
from Latin/French · Old French air
English → ItalianairariaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
AËRA (acc. of AËR, from Greek)‘air’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
All three also use the word for a person's look or manner (tener aire de, avoir l'air, avere l'aria). Italian alone made it feminine.
English relatives: aerial, aeroplane, aria
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In a sentence
- esAbramos la ventana para que entre aire.
- frOuvrons la fenêtre pour faire entrer de l'air.
- itApriamo la finestra per far entrare un po' d'aria.
- ptVamos abrir a janela para entrar um ar.
- roHai să deschidem fereastra să intre aer.
- caObrim la finestra perquè entri aire.
- enLet's open the window to get some air.