"necklace" in seven languages
Meaningnecklace
Spanish
collar
/koˈʝaɾ/
masc.inherited
Also a dog collar.
French
collier
/kɔlje/
masc.inherited
From COLLĀRIUM.
Italian
collana
/kolˈlana/
fem.inherited
Built in Italian on collo 'neck'.
Portuguese
colar
/koˈlah/
masc.inherited
Romanian
colier
/koliˈer/
neut.borrowed · French collier
plural: coliere
Catalan
collaret
/kuʎəˈɾɛt/
masc.inherited
English
necklace
/ˈnɛkləs/
native English · neck (Old English hnecca) + lace
English → ItaliannecklacecollanaNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: collar.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
COLLUM‘neck’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
All three hang their necklace on the Latin neck, each with a different suffix. False friend: English collar is Italian colletto, French col.
English relatives: collar
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In a sentence
- esUn collar de perlas.
- frUn collier de perles.
- itUna collana di perle.
- ptUm colar de pérolas.
- roUn colier de perle.
- caUn collaret de perles.
- enA pearl necklace.