"basketball" in seven languages
Meaningbasketball
Spanish
/balonˈθesto/
masc.other source · Spanish calque: balón 'ball' + cesto 'basket'
Latin America mostly says básquetbol or básquet.
French
/baskɛt/
masc.borrowed · English basketball
Short for basket-ball; les baskets are also sneakers.
Italian
/pallakaˈnɛstro/
fem.other source · Italian calque: palla 'ball' + canestro 'basket'
In speech, il basket is just as common.
Portuguese
/basˈkɛtʃi/
masc.borrowed · English basketball
Basquetebol is the full form.
Romanian
/ˈbasket/
neut.borrowed · French basket, from English basketball
Catalan
/ˈbaskət/
masc.borrowed · English basketball
English
/ˈbæskɪtbɔl/
from Latin/French · English basket + ball
The ancestor
English basketball‘basket + ball’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
French kept the English name; Spanish and Italian translated it piece by piece, 'ball-basket', with their own words.
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In a sentence
- esJuega al baloncesto todos los sábados.
- frIl joue au basket tous les samedis.
- itGioca a pallacanestro ogni sabato.
- ptEle joga basquete todo sábado.
- roJoacă baschet în fiecare sâmbătă.
- caJuga a bàsquet cada dissabte.
- enHe plays basketball every Saturday.
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