"tie (necktie)" in seven languages
Meaningtie (necktie)
Spanish
corbata
/koɾˈbata/
fem.borrowed · Italian corvatta (variant of croatta)
French
cravate
/kʁavat/
fem.borrowed · Croatian Hrvat 'Croat' (17th c.)
Italian
cravatta
/kraˈvatta/
fem.borrowed · French cravate
Portuguese
gravata
/gɾaˈvatɐ/
fem.borrowed · French cravate
Romanian
cravată
/kraˈvatə/
fem.borrowed · French cravate
plural: cravate
Catalan
corbata
/kuɾˈbatə/
fem.borrowed · Italian corvatta (perhaps via Spanish corbata)
English
tie
/taɪ/
native English · Old English tīgan
English → Italiantie (necktie)cravattaNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: cravat.What English and Italian share
The ancestor
Croatian Hrvat‘a Croat’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Croatian mercenaries in 17th-century France wore knotted scarves; Paris adopted the fashion and named it after them. A tie is literally 'a Croat'.
English relatives: cravat
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In a sentence
- esNo hace falta corbata.
- frPas besoin de cravate.
- itNon serve la cravatta.
- ptVocê não precisa de gravata.
- roNu e nevoie de cravată.
- caNo cal corbata.
- enYou don't need a tie.