"blanket" in seven languages
Meaningblanket
Spanish
manta
/ˈmanta/
fem.other source · Late Latin MANTUM 'short cloak'
French
couverture
/kuvɛʁtyʁ/
fem.inherited
Also a book cover or insurance cover.
Italian
coperta
/koˈpɛrta/
fem.inherited
Portuguese
cobertor
/kobehˈtoh/
masc.other source · Portuguese cobrir 'to cover' (Latin COOPERĪRE)
Romanian
pătură
/ˈpəturə/
fem.other source · of uncertain origin
Catalan
manta
/ˈmantə/
fem.other source · Late Latin MANTUM 'short cloak'
English
blanket
/ˈblæŋkɪt/
other source · Old French blanquette (blanc 'white')
English → ItalianblanketcopertaNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: cover, covert, coverlet.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
COOPERTAM‘covered (from COOPERĪRE 'to cover')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
French and Italian call it 'the cover'; Spanish manta is a cloak-word, cognate with mantle and mantel.
English relatives: cover, covert, coverlet
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In a sentence
- esNecesito otra manta.
- frJ'ai besoin d'une autre couverture.
- itHo bisogno di un'altra coperta.
- ptPreciso de outro cobertor.
- roAm nevoie de încă o pătură.
- caNecessito una altra manta.
- enI need another blanket.