"carrot" in seven languages
Meaningcarrot
Spanish
zanahoria
/θanaˈoɾja/
fem.other source · Andalusian Arabic safunnárja (itself from Greek)
French
carotte
/kaʁɔt/
fem.learned
Italian
carota
/kaˈrɔta/
fem.learned
Portuguese
cenoura
/seˈnoɾɐ/
fem.other source · Andalusian Arabic safunnārja (cf. Spanish zanahoria)
Romanian
morcov
/ˈmorkov/
masc.other source · Slavic (cf. Bulgarian morkov)
plural: morcovi
Catalan
pastanaga
/pəstəˈnagə/
fem.other source · Latin PASTINĀCAM 'parsnip'
English
carrot
/ˈkæɹət/
from Latin/French · Middle French carotte
English → ItaliancarrotcarotaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
CARŌTAM‘carrot (Late Latin, from Greek karōtón)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
French and Italian took the Late Latin book word; Spanish took the vegetable's name from the Arabic gardeners of al-Andalus.
English relatives: carrot, carotene
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In a sentence
- esA los conejos les encantan las zanahorias.
- frLes lapins adorent les carottes.
- itI conigli adorano le carote.
- ptOs coelhos adoram cenoura.
- roIepurii adoră morcovii.
- caAls conills els encanten les pastanagues.
- enRabbits love carrots.
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