"detail" in seven languages
Meaningdetail
Spanish
detalle
/deˈtaʝe/
masc.borrowed · French détail
Un detalle is also a thoughtful gesture.
French
détail
/detaj/
masc.inherited
Vendre au détail: to sell retail.
Italian
dettaglio
/detˈtaʎʎo/
masc.borrowed · French détail
Portuguese
detalhe
/deˈtaʎi/
masc.borrowed · French détail
Romanian
detaliu
/deˈtalju/
neut.borrowed · French détail
Catalan
detall
/dəˈtaʎ/
masc.borrowed · French détail
English
detail
/ˈditeɪl/
from Latin/French · French détail
English → ItaliandetaildettaglioCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
*TALIĀRE‘to cut (TALEA 'cutting, twig')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A détail was a piece 'cut off' (tailler 'to cut'), hence selling au détail, retail. Spanish and Italian borrowed the French word.
English relatives: tailor, retail
Learn it
In a sentence
- esCuéntamelo con todo detalle.
- frRaconte-moi tous les détails.
- itRaccontami tutti i dettagli.
- ptMe conta todos os detalhes.
- roPovestește-mi totul în detaliu.
- caExplica-m'ho amb tot detall.
- enTell me every detail.