"belt" in seven languages
Meaningbelt
Spanish
cinturón
/θintuˈɾon/
masc.inherited
Augmentative of cintura 'waist'.
French
ceinture
/sɛ̃tyʁ/
fem.inherited
Also the waist.
Italian
cintura
/tʃinˈtura/
fem.inherited
Both belt and waist.
Portuguese
cinto
/ˈsĩtu/
masc.other source · Latin CINCTUM 'girdle' (from CINGERE, the same verb as CINCTŪRA)
Romanian
centură
/tʃenˈturə/
fem.borrowed · Italian cintura (and Latin CINCTŪRA)
plural: centuri
Catalan
cinturó
/sintuˈɾo/
masc.inherited
English
belt
/bɛlt/
other source · Latin balteus (Old English belt)
English → ItalianbeltcinturaNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: cincture, precinct.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
CINCTŪRAM‘girdle (from CINGERE 'to gird')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Same soft c three ways: θ, s, tʃ. Fasten your seat belt: cinturón, ceinture, cintura di sicurezza.
English relatives: cincture, precinct
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In a sentence
- esAbróchate el cinturón.
- frAttache ta ceinture.
- itAllaccia la cintura.
- ptAperte o cinto.
- roPune-ți centura.
- caCorda't el cinturó.
- enFasten your seat belt.