"blood" in seven languages
Meaningblood
Spanish
sangre
/ˈsangɾe/
fem.inherited
French
sang
/sɑ̃/
masc.inherited
Italian
sangue
/ˈsangwe/
masc.inherited
Portuguese
sangue
/ˈsɐ̃gi/
masc.inherited
Romanian
sânge
/ˈsɨndʒe/
neut.inherited
Catalan
sang
/saŋ/
fem.inherited
Feminine, like Spanish: la sang.
English
blood
/blʌd/
native English · Old English blōd
English → ItalianbloodsangueNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: sanguine, consanguinity.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
SANGUINEM (nom. SANGUIS)‘blood’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spanish made blood feminine (la sangre) and turned SANGUINEM's n'n into ngr; French and Italian keep Latin's masculine. The French g is silent.
English relatives: sanguine, consanguinity
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In a sentence
- esDona sangre todos los años.
- frIl donne son sang tous les ans.
- itDona il sangue ogni anno.
- ptEle doa sangue todo ano.
- roDonează sânge în fiecare an.
- caDona sang cada any.
- enHe gives blood every year.