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"coat" in seven languages

Meaningcoat

Spanish

abrigo

/aˈbɾigo/

masc.other source · from abrigar 'to shelter' (Latin APRĪCĀRE 'to warm in the sun')

French

manteau

/mɑ̃to/

masc.inherited

plural: manteaux

Italian

cappotto

/kapˈpɔtto/

masc.other source · derived from cappa 'cape' (Late Latin CAPPA)

Portuguese

casaco

/kaˈzaku/

masc.other source · French casaque (of uncertain origin)

Romanian

palton

/palˈton/

neut.other source · French paletot

plural: paltoane

Catalan

abric

/əˈbɾik/

masc.other source · from abrigar 'to shelter' (Latin APRĪCĀRE 'to warm in the sun')

English

coat

/koʊt/

other source · Old French cote

English → ItaliancoatcappottoNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: mantle, mantelpiece.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

MANTELLUM‘cloak, mantle’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

French wraps up in a Latin mantle; Spanish in a 'shelter' that once meant sunning yourself; Italian in a big cape. Spanish mantel is a tablecloth — same word, other use.

English relatives: mantle, mantelpiece

Sound laws at work

L before a consonant becomes u

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In a sentence

  • esCoge el abrigo, hace frío.
  • frPrends ton manteau, il fait froid.
  • itPrendi il cappotto, fa freddo.
  • ptLeva o casaco, está frio.
  • roIa-ți paltonul, e frig.
  • caAgafa l'abric, que fa fred.
  • enTake your coat, it's cold.

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