"umbrella" in seven languages
Meaningumbrella
Spanish
/paˈɾagwas/
masc.other source · compound of para 'stops' + aguas 'waters'
Same form in the plural: los paraguas.
French
/paʁaplɥi/
masc.other source · para- 'against' (after parasol) + pluie 'rain'
Italian
/omˈbrɛllo/
masc.inherited
l'ombrello · Reshaped after ombra 'shade'.
Portuguese
/ˌgwahdɐˈʃuvɐ/
masc.other source · compound of guarda 'guards' + chuva 'rain'
Romanian
/umˈbrelə/
fem.borrowed · Italian ombrella and French ombrelle
plural: umbrele
Catalan
/pəˈɾajgwə/
masc.other source · compound of para 'stops' + aigua 'water'
English
/ʌmˈbɹɛlə/
from Latin/French · Italian ombrella
The Latin ancestor
UMBELLAM‘sunshade (dim. of UMBRA 'shade')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Italian's sunshade became the English umbrella; Spanish and French built 'stop-water' and 'stop-rain' after the model of parasol.
English relatives: umbrella (from Italian), umbel, umbrage
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In a sentence
- esCoge el paraguas, va a llover.
- frPrends un parapluie, il va pleuvoir.
- itPrendi l'ombrello, sta per piovere.
- ptLeva o guarda-chuva, vai chover.
- roIa-ți umbrela, o să plouă.
- caAgafa el paraigua, que plourà.
- enTake an umbrella, it's going to rain.