"meat" in seven languages
Meaningmeat
Spanish
carne
/ˈkaɾne/
fem.inherited
French
viande
/vjɑ̃d/
fem.other source · Latin VĪVENDA 'things to live on' (spoken *VIVANDA)
French kept CARNEM as chair, now 'flesh' (and in chair à saucisse, sausage meat).
Italian
carne
/ˈkarne/
fem.inherited
Portuguese
carne
/ˈkahni/
fem.inherited
Romanian
carne
/ˈkarne/
fem.inherited
Catalan
carn
/karn/
fem.inherited
English
meat
/mit/
native English · Old English mete
English → ItalianmeatcarneNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: carnivore, carnal, carnival, incarnate.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
CARNEM (nom. CARŌ)‘flesh, meat’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
In Old French viande meant any food, 'what you live on'; it narrowed to meat, the most prized food. Carnival is the farewell to meat before Lent.
English relatives: carnivore, carnal, carnival, incarnate
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In a sentence
- esNo como carne.
- frJe ne mange pas de viande.
- itNon mangio carne.
- ptEu não como carne.
- roNu mănânc carne.
- caNo menjo carn.
- enI don't eat meat.