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"roof" in seven languages

Meaningroof

Spanish

tejado

/teˈxado/

masc.other source · derived from teja 'roof tile' (Latin TĒGULAM)

Techo, from TĒCTUM, is the ceiling (and in Latin America also the roof).

French

toit

/twa/

masc.inherited

Italian

tetto

/ˈtetto/

masc.inherited

Portuguese

telhado

/teˈʎadu/

masc.other source · derived from telha 'roof tile' (Latin TĒGULAM)

Romanian

acoperiș

/akopeˈriʃ/

neut.other source · Romanian acoperi 'to cover' (Latin COOPERĪRE)

Catalan

teulada

/təwˈladə/

fem.other source · derived from teula 'roof tile' (Latin TĒGULAM)

English

roof

/ɹuf/

native English · Old English hrōf

English → ItalianrooftettoNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: protect, detect; tile (from TĒGULA).What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

TĒCTUM‘roof (lit. 'covered', from TEGERE)’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

TĒCTUM shows the CT law in all three (techo, toit, tetto), but Spanish uses its techo for the ceiling and roofs its houses with tiles.

English relatives: protect, detect; tile (from TĒGULA)

Sound laws at work

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In a sentence

  • esHay un gato en el tejado.
  • frIl y a un chat sur le toit.
  • itC'è un gatto sul tetto.
  • ptTem um gato no telhado.
  • roE o pisică pe acoperiș.
  • caHi ha un gat a la teulada.
  • enThere's a cat on the roof.

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