"pyjamas" in seven languages
Meaningpyjamas
Spanish
pijama
/piˈxama/
masc.borrowed · English pyjamas
Masculine in Spain; often f (la piyama) in Latin America.
French
pyjama
/piʒama/
masc.borrowed · English pyjamas
Italian
pigiama
/piˈdʒama/
masc.borrowed · English pyjamas
Portuguese
pijama
/piˈʒɐ̃mɐ/
masc.borrowed · English pyjamas
Romanian
pijama
/piʒaˈma/
fem.borrowed · French pyjama
Catalan
pijama
/piˈʒamə/
masc.borrowed · English pyjamas (via French or Spanish)
English
pyjamas
/pəˈdʒɑməz/
from Latin/French · Hindustani pāy-jāma (via British India)
English → ItalianpyjamaspigiamaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The ancestor
Hindustani pāy-jāma‘leg garment (from Persian)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A Persian 'leg garment' that came to Europe through British India. Each sister respelled the j in its own way: Spanish x, French ʒ, Italian dʒ.
English relatives: pyjamas
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In a sentence
- esLos niños ya están en pijama.
- frLes enfants sont déjà en pyjama.
- itI bambini sono già in pigiama.
- ptAs crianças já estão de pijama.
- roCopiii sunt deja în pijama.
- caEls nens ja van amb pijama.
- enThe kids are already in their pyjamas.