"oven" in seven languages
Meaningoven
Spanish
horno
/ˈoɾno/
masc.inherited
French
four
/fuʁ/
masc.inherited
Italian
forno
/ˈforno/
masc.inherited
Also a bakery: andare al forno.
Portuguese
forno
/ˈfohnu/
masc.inherited
Romanian
cuptor
/kupˈtor/
neut.other source · Latin COCTŌRIUM 'cooking place' (inherited)
-CT- became -pt-, as in noapte from NOCTEM.
Catalan
forn
/forn/
masc.inherited
English
oven
/ˈʌvən/
native English · Old English ofen
English → ItalianovenfornoNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: furnace.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
FURNUM‘oven’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spanish turned initial f into a silent h (horno), as in hijo and hacer; French and Italian keep the f. A furnace is a big oven.
English relatives: furnace
Sound laws at work
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In a sentence
- esEl pastel está en el horno.
- frLe gâteau est au four.
- itLa torta è nel forno.
- ptO bolo está no forno.
- roPrăjitura e în cuptor.
- caEl pastís és al forn.
- enThe cake is in the oven.