"flour" in seven languages
Meaningflour
Spanish
harina
/aˈɾina/
fem.inherited
French
farine
/faʁin/
fem.inherited
Italian
farina
/faˈrina/
fem.inherited
Portuguese
farinha
/faˈɾiɲɐ/
fem.inherited
Romanian
făină
/fəˈinə/
fem.inherited
Catalan
farina
/fəˈɾinə/
fem.inherited
English
flour
/flaʊɚ/
other source · Old French flour 'flower, finest part' (Latin FLŌREM)
Flour is the 'flower' of the meal, the same word as flower.
English → ItalianflourfarinaNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: farina, farinaceous.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
FARĪNAM‘meal, flour (from FAR 'spelt')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
FARĪNA was ground spelt (FAR). Spanish harina shows the silent h for F-, and Portuguese farinha the nh that a lost n leaves after i, as in vinho. English flour is the 'flower', the finest part of the meal.
English relatives: farina, farinaceous
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In a sentence
- esPara hacer pan hace falta harina.
- frPour faire du pain, il faut de la farine.
- itPer fare il pane ci vuole la farina.
- ptPara fazer pão, precisa de farinha.
- roPentru pâine ai nevoie de făină.
- caPer fer pa cal farina.
- enYou need flour to make bread.