"boot" in seven languages
Meaningboot
Spanish
bota
/ˈbota/
fem.other source · French botte (of unknown origin)
Also a leather wine skin.
French
botte
/bɔt/
fem.other source · of unknown origin
Italian
stivale
/stiˈvale/
masc.borrowed · Old French estival
lo stivale
Portuguese
bota
/ˈbɔtɐ/
fem.other source · French botte (of unknown origin)
Romanian
cizmă
/ˈtʃizmə/
fem.other source · Hungarian csizma (of Turkic origin)
plural: cizme
Catalan
bota
/ˈbɔtə/
fem.other source · French botte (of unknown origin)
English
boot
/but/
other source · Old French bote
English → ItalianbootstivaleNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
AESTĪVĀLEM‘of summer (a light summer boot)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Italian boots are 'summer shoes', a medieval French fashion term. Italy itself is lo Stivale, the Boot.
Learn it
In a sentence
- esNecesito unas botas de agua.
- frJ'ai besoin de bottes de pluie.
- itMi servono degli stivali da pioggia.
- ptPreciso de umas botas de chuva.
- roAm nevoie de cizme de cauciuc.
- caNecessito unes botes d'aigua.
- enI need rain boots.