"stone" in seven languages
Meaningstone
Spanish
piedra
/ˈpjedɾa/
fem.inherited
French
pierre
/pjɛʁ/
fem.inherited
Italian
pietra
/ˈpjɛtra/
fem.inherited
Portuguese
pedra
/ˈpɛdɾɐ/
fem.inherited
Romanian
piatră
/ˈpjatrə/
fem.inherited
Catalan
pedra
/ˈpɛdɾə/
fem.inherited
English
stone
/stoʊn/
native English · Old English stān
English → ItalianstonepietraNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: petrify, petroleum, Peter.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
PETRAM‘rock, stone (from Greek pétra)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A Greek word Latin borrowed early. Each sister also gives it as a first name: Pedro, Pierre, Pietro — 'the rock'.
English relatives: petrify, petroleum, Peter
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In a sentence
- esLa casa es de piedra.
- frLa maison est en pierre.
- itLa casa è di pietra.
- ptA casa é de pedra.
- roCasa e din piatră.
- caLa casa és de pedra.
- enThe house is made of stone.