"steam" in seven languages
Meaningsteam
Spanish
vapor
/baˈpoɾ/
masc.learned
French
vapeur
/vapœʁ/
fem.learned
Feminine, unlike Spanish and Italian: la vapeur.
Italian
vapore
/vaˈpore/
masc.learned
Portuguese
vapor
/vaˈpoh/
masc.learned
Also a steamboat.
Romanian
abur
/ˈabur/
masc.other source · of uncertain origin
Catalan
vapor
/bəˈpo/
masc.learned
English
steam
/stim/
native English · Old English stēam
English → ItaliansteamvaporeNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: vapor, evaporate, vaporize.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
VAPŌREM‘steam, vapour’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
All three took VAPŌREM from Latin books, so the p stays p: an inherited Spanish word would have softened it to b.
English relatives: vapor, evaporate, vaporize
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In a sentence
- esDe la olla salía vapor.
- frDe la vapeur s'échappait de la casserole.
- itDalla pentola usciva vapore.
- ptSaía vapor da panela.
- roDin oală ieșeau aburi.
- caDe l'olla en sortia vapor.
- enSteam was rising from the pot.
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