"standard (normal, regular)" in seven languages
Meaningstandard (normal, regular)
Spanish
/esˈtandaɾ/
borrowed · English standard
French
/stɑ̃daʁ/
borrowed · English standard
As a noun, le standard is also a switchboard.
Italian
/ˈstandard/
borrowed · English standard
Portuguese
/paˈdɾɐ̃w/
other source · Latin PATRŌNUM 'patron, protector', hence 'model'
A noun used as an invariable adjective: o tamanho padrão.
Romanian
/stanˈdard/
borrowed · English standard
Catalan
/əsˈtandərt/
borrowed · English standard
English
/ˈstændɚd/
from Latin/French · Old French estandart 'rallying banner'
The ancestor
English standard‘norm (from Old French estandart 'banner')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A boomerang word: Old French estandart 'banner' went to English, came to mean 'a norm', and returned to the sisters as an anglicism. Spanish dressed it with e- and an accent.
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In a sentence
- esEs el tamaño estándar.
- frC'est la taille standard.
- itÈ la misura standard.
- ptEste é o tamanho padrão.
- roAceasta e mărimea standard.
- caAquesta és la mida estàndard.
- enThis is the standard size.
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