"ring (jewellery)" in seven languages
Meaningring (jewellery)
Spanish
anillo
/aˈniʝo/
masc.inherited
French
bague
/bag/
fem.other source · of uncertain origin, perhaps Middle Dutch bagge 'ring'
The inherited anneau is any ring or hoop; une bague is worn on a finger.
Italian
anello
/aˈnɛllo/
masc.inherited
l'anello
Portuguese
anel
/aˈnɛw/
masc.inherited
Romanian
inel
/iˈnel/
neut.inherited
plural: inele
Catalan
anell
/əˈneʎ/
masc.inherited
English
ring
/ɹɪŋ/
native English · Old English hring
English → Italianring (jewellery)anelloNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: annular, annulus.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
ANELLUM‘little ring (dim. of ANUS 'ring')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spanish and Italian wear the Latin 'little ring'. French has it too (anneau) but chose bague for the ring on your finger.
English relatives: annular, annulus
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In a sentence
- esLleva un anillo de oro.
- frElle porte une bague en or.
- itPorta un anello d'oro.
- ptEla usa um anel de ouro.
- roPoartă un inel de aur.
- caPorta un anell d'or.
- enShe wears a gold ring.