"kitchen" in seven languages
Meaningkitchen
Spanish
cocina
/koˈθina/
fem.inherited
French
cuisine
/kɥizin/
fem.inherited
Italian
cucina
/kuˈtʃina/
fem.inherited
Portuguese
cozinha
/koˈziɲɐ/
fem.inherited
Romanian
bucătărie
/bukətəˈrie/
fem.other source · Romanian bucătar 'cook', from bucată 'morsel' (Latin BUCCATAM)
Catalan
cuina
/ˈkujnə/
fem.inherited
English
kitchen
/ˈkɪtʃən/
from Latin/French · Old English cycene (an early loan from Latin)
English → ItaliankitchencucinaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
*COCĪNAM (Classical COQUĪNAM)‘kitchen (from COQUERE 'to cook')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
One room, three sounds for the same c: θ in Spain, z (written s) in France, tʃ in Italy. All three words also mean 'cooking' and 'cooker'.
English relatives: kitchen (an early loan into Old English), cuisine, cook, concoct
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In a sentence
- esComemos en la cocina.
- frOn mange dans la cuisine.
- itMangiamo in cucina.
- ptComemos na cozinha.
- roMâncăm în bucătărie.
- caMengem a la cuina.
- enWe eat in the kitchen.