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| style="font-weight: bold;" | cloud | | style="font-weight: bold;" | cloud | ||
| − | | style="background-color: teal;" | le nuage || style="background-color: pink;" | la nube || style="background-color: pink;" | a nuvem || style="background-color: pink;" | la nuvola || style="background-color: teal;" | il nivel || style="background-color: pink;" | nubes (''fem'') || style="background-color: teal;" | l'nouage || style="background-color: pink;" | la nuaée | + | | style="background-color: teal;" | le nuage || style="background-color: pink;" | la nube || style="background-color: pink;" | a nuvem || style="background-color: pink;" | la nuvola || style="background-color: teal;" | il nivel || style="background-color: pink;" | nubes, nubis (''fem'') || style="background-color: teal;" | l'nouage || style="background-color: pink;" | la nuaée |
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | inch | | style="font-weight: bold;" | inch | ||
| − | | style="background-color: teal;" | le pouce || style="background-color: pink;" | la pulgada || style="background-color: pink;" | a polegada || style="background-color: teal;" | il pollice || style="background-color: teal;" | il polesch | + | | style="background-color: teal;" | le pouce || style="background-color: pink;" | la pulgada || style="background-color: pink;" | a polegada || style="background-color: teal;" | il pollice || style="background-color: teal;" | il polesch || style="background-color: teal;" | pollex, pollicis (''masc'') |
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| style="font-weight: bold;" rowspan="2"| blood | | style="font-weight: bold;" rowspan="2"| blood | ||
| − | | style="background-color: teal;" rowspan="2" | le sang || style="background-color: pink;" rowspan="2" | la sangre || style="background-color: teal;" rowspan="2" | o sangue || style="background-color: teal;" rowspan="2"| il sangue || style="background-color: teal;" rowspan="2" | il sang || style="background-color: teal;" rowspan="2" | sanguis, sanguinis (''masc'') || style="background-color: teal;" rowspan="2" | l'sang || style="background-color: teal;" rowspan="2"| sînge ("masc") || style="background-color: pink;" | sang (''fem'') | + | | style="background-color: teal;" rowspan="2" | le sang || style="background-color: pink;" rowspan="2" | la sangre || style="background-color: teal;" rowspan="2" | o sangue || style="background-color: teal;" rowspan="2"| il sangue || style="background-color: teal;" rowspan="2" | il sang || style="background-color: teal;" rowspan="2" | sanguis, sanguinis (''masc'') || style="background-color: teal;" rowspan="2" | l'sang || || style="background-color: teal;" rowspan="2" | sînge ("masc") || style="background-color: pink;" | sang (''fem'') |
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| style="background-color: teal;" | sang (''masc'') | | style="background-color: teal;" | sang (''masc'') | ||
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | milk | | style="font-weight: bold;" | milk | ||
| − | | style="background-color: teal;" | le lait || style="background-color: pink;" | la leche || style="background-color: teal;" | o leite || style="background-color: teal;" | il latte || style="background-color: teal;" | il latg || style="background-color: teal;" | | + | | style="background-color: teal;" | le lait || style="background-color: pink;" | la leche || style="background-color: teal;" | o leite || style="background-color: teal;" | il latte || style="background-color: teal;" | il latg || style="background-color: teal;" | lac, lactis (''neut'') || style="background-color: teal;" | l'lait || || style="background-color: yellow;" |lapte (''neut'') ||style="background-color: teal;" | lach || style="background-color: pink;" | llet || style="background-color: pink;" | latte |
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | nose | | style="font-weight: bold;" | nose | ||
| − | | style="background-color: teal;" | le nez || style="background-color: pink;" | la nariz || style="background-color: teal;" | o nariz || style="background-color: teal;" | il naso || style="background-color: teal;" | il nas || style="background-color: teal;" | nasus (''masc'') || style="background-color: teal;" | l'nez | + | | style="background-color: teal;" | le nez || style="background-color: pink;" | la nariz || style="background-color: teal;" | o nariz || style="background-color: teal;" | il naso || style="background-color: teal;" | il nas || style="background-color: teal;" | nasus, nasi (''masc'') || style="background-color: teal;" | l'nez |
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | salt | | style="font-weight: bold;" | salt | ||
| − | | style="background-color: teal;" | le sel || style="background-color: pink;" | la sal || style="background-color: teal;" | o sal || style="background-color: teal;" | il sale || style="background-color: teal;" | il sal || style="background-color: teal;" | sal (''masc'') | + | | style="background-color: teal;" | le sel || style="background-color: pink;" | la sal || style="background-color: teal;" | o sal || style="background-color: teal;" | il sale || style="background-color: teal;" | il sal || style="background-color: teal;" | sal, salis (''masc'') || || || style="background-color: pink;" | sare (''fem'') |
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| style="font-weight: bold;" rowspan="2" | glass | | style="font-weight: bold;" rowspan="2" | glass | ||
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | ice | | style="font-weight: bold;" | ice | ||
| − | | style="background-color: pink;" | la glace || style="background-color: teal;" | el hielo || style="background-color: teal;" | o gelo || style="background-color: teal;" | il ghiaccio || style="background-color: teal;" | il glatsch || style="background-color: pink;" | glacies (''fem'') | + | | style="background-color: pink;" | la glace || style="background-color: teal;" | el hielo || style="background-color: teal;" | o gelo || style="background-color: teal;" | il ghiaccio || style="background-color: teal;" | il glatsch || style="background-color: pink;" | glacies, glaciei (''fem'') |
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | minute | | style="font-weight: bold;" | minute | ||
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | sea | | style="font-weight: bold;" | sea | ||
| style="background-color: pink;" | la mer || style="background-color: teal;" | el mar || style="background-color: teal;" | o mar || style="background-color: teal;" | il mare || style="background-color: pink;" | la mar || style="background-color: yellow;" | mar, maris (''neut'') || style="background-color: pink;" | la mé || style="background-color: pink;" | la mé || style="background-color: pink;" | marea (mare, ''fem'') | | style="background-color: pink;" | la mer || style="background-color: teal;" | el mar || style="background-color: teal;" | o mar || style="background-color: teal;" | il mare || style="background-color: pink;" | la mar || style="background-color: yellow;" | mar, maris (''neut'') || style="background-color: pink;" | la mé || style="background-color: pink;" | la mé || style="background-color: pink;" | marea (mare, ''fem'') | ||
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | hail | | style="font-weight: bold;" | hail | ||
| − | | style="background-color: pink;" | la grêle || style="background-color: teal;" | el granizo || style="background-color: teal;" | o granizo || style="background-color: pink;" | la grandine || style="background-color: pink;" | la granella || style="background-color: pink;" | grando (''fem'') | + | | style="background-color: pink;" | la grêle || style="background-color: teal;" | el granizo || style="background-color: teal;" | o granizo || style="background-color: pink;" | la grandine || style="background-color: pink;" | la granella || style="background-color: pink;" | grando, grandinis (''fem'') |
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | valley | | style="font-weight: bold;" | valley | ||
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | end | | style="font-weight: bold;" | end | ||
| − | | style="background-color: pink;" | la fin || style="background-color: teal;" | el fin || style="background-color: teal;" | o fim || (il/la) fine ??? || style="background-color: pink;" | la fin || style="background-color: teal;" | finis (''masc'') | + | | style="background-color: pink;" | la fin || style="background-color: teal;" | el fin || style="background-color: teal;" | o fim || (il/la) fine ??? || style="background-color: pink;" | la fin || style="background-color: teal;" | finis, finis (''masc'') |
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|style="font-weight: bold;" | conquest | |style="font-weight: bold;" | conquest | ||
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| style="background-color: teal;" | le miel || style="background-color: pink;" | la miel || style="background-color: teal;" | o mel || style="background-color: teal;" | il miele || || style="background-color: yellow;" | mel, mellis (''neut'') || || || style="background-color: pink;" | miere (''fem'') | | style="background-color: teal;" | le miel || style="background-color: pink;" | la miel || style="background-color: teal;" | o mel || style="background-color: teal;" | il miele || || style="background-color: yellow;" | mel, mellis (''neut'') || || || style="background-color: pink;" | miere (''fem'') | ||
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| − | | style="font-weight: bold;" | edge | + | | style="font-weight: bold;" | edge, border |
| − | | style="background-color: pink;" | la bordure || style="background-color: pink;" | la orla || style="background-color: pink;" | a orla || style="background-color: teal;" | l'orlo (''masc'') | + | | style="background-color: pink;" | la bordure || style="background-color: pink;" | la orla || style="background-color: pink;" | a orla || style="background-color: teal;" | l'orlo (''masc'') || || style="background-color: pink;" | ora, orae (''fem'') || || || style="background-color: pink;" | bordura (''fem'') |
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | custom | | style="font-weight: bold;" | custom | ||
| − | | style="background-color: pink;" | la coutume || style="background-color: pink;" | la costumbre || style="background-color: teal;" | o costume || style="background-color: teal;" | il costume | + | | style="background-color: pink;" | la coutume || style="background-color: pink;" | la costumbre || style="background-color: teal;" | o costume || style="background-color: teal;" | il costume || || style="background-color: pink;" | consuetudo, consuetudinis (''fem'') |
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| style="font-weight: bold;" rowspan="2" | labor, task, ploughing | | style="font-weight: bold;" rowspan="2" | labor, task, ploughing | ||
| − | | style="background-color: teal;" | le labeur || style="background-color: pink;" rowspan="2" | la labor || style="background-color: teal;" rowspan="2" | o lavouro || style="background-color: teal;" rowspan="2" | il lavoro | + | | style="background-color: teal;" | le labeur || style="background-color: pink;" rowspan="2" | la labor || style="background-color: teal;" rowspan="2" | o lavouro || style="background-color: teal;" rowspan="2" | il lavoro || || style="background-color: teal;" rowspan="2" | labor, laboris (''masc'') |
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| style="background-color: teal;" | le labour | | style="background-color: teal;" | le labour | ||
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | car | | style="font-weight: bold;" | car | ||
| style="background-color: pink;" | l'auto (''fem'') || style="background-color: teal;" | el auto || style="background-color: teal;" | o auto || style="background-color: pink;" | l'auto (''fem'') || style="background-color: teal;" | l'auto (''masc'') || || style="background-color: pink;" | la vaituthe; moto (?) || style="background-color: pink;" | la qùérette; la maringote; l'éto (?) | | style="background-color: pink;" | l'auto (''fem'') || style="background-color: teal;" | el auto || style="background-color: teal;" | o auto || style="background-color: pink;" | l'auto (''fem'') || style="background-color: teal;" | l'auto (''masc'') || || style="background-color: pink;" | la vaituthe; moto (?) || style="background-color: pink;" | la qùérette; la maringote; l'éto (?) | ||
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| + | | style="font-weight: bold;" | tomato | ||
| + | | style="background-color: pink;" | la tomate || style="background-color: teal;" | el tomate || style="background-color: teal;" | o tomate || || style="background-color: pink;" | la tomata || || style="background-color: pink;" | la tanmate || || style="background-color: pink;" | tomata || style="background-color: teal;" | el tomàquet | ||
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Revision as of 21:54, 8 January 2008
Spanish and French, both being Romance languages, have a gender attribute to their nouns. Also, being related, many words have the same origin. These are called cognates. In French, cognates that don't have the same meaning as their source are called faux amis. Having studied French before Spanish, and not ever having been good at remembering what gender a given noun was in French, I found it convenient to rely on Spanish when I needed a noun's gender, since remembering a noun's gender in Spanish is as simple as learning only a few rules and a handful of exceptions. However, it turns out that not all French-Spanish cognates have the same gender, though probably well over 90% do.
Here's a small compilation of exceptions that Jonathan North Washington, Hannah Beth Washington, George Martin Fell Brown, and Michael-Forest Meservy have been able to collect.
The Chart
| English | French | Spanish | Portuguese | Italian | Romansh | Latin | Jèrriais | Cotentinais | Romanian | Occitan | Catalan | Sardinian |
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| flower | la fleur | la flor | a flor | il fiore | la flur | flos, floris (masc) | la flieur | la flleur | ||||
| colour | la couleur | el color | a cor | il colore | la colur | color, coloris (masc) | la couleu | la couoleu | ||||
| pain | la douleur | el dolor | a dor | il dolore | dolor, doloris (masc) | |||||||
| shelf | l'étagère (fem) | el estante | a estante | |||||||||
| origin | l'origine (fem) | el origen | a origem | l'origine (fem) | origo, originis (fem) | |||||||
| landscape | le paysage | el paisaje | a paisagem | il paesaggio | ||||||||
| bridge | le pont | el puente | a ponte | il ponte | la punt | pons, pontis (masc) | ||||||
| tree | l'arbre (masc) | el árbol | a árvore | l'albero (masc) | arbor, arboris (fem) | l'arbre (masc); l'bouais | l'âbre (masc) | |||||
| art | l'art (masc) | el arte | a arte | l'arte (fem) | l'art (masc) | ars, artis (fem) | l'art (masc) | |||||
| las artes | ||||||||||||
| cloud | le nuage | la nube | a nuvem | la nuvola | il nivel | nubes, nubis (fem) | l'nouage | la nuaée | ||||
| inch | le pouce | la pulgada | a polegada | il pollice | il polesch | pollex, pollicis (masc) | ||||||
| blood | le sang | la sangre | o sangue | il sangue | il sang | sanguis, sanguinis (masc) | l'sang | sînge ("masc") | sang (fem) | |||
| sang (masc) | ||||||||||||
| milk | le lait | la leche | o leite | il latte | il latg | lac, lactis (neut) | l'lait | lapte (neut) | lach | llet | latte | |
| nose | le nez | la nariz | o nariz | il naso | il nas | nasus, nasi (masc) | l'nez | |||||
| salt | le sel | la sal | o sal | il sale | il sal | sal, salis (masc) | sare (fem) | |||||
| glass | le verre | el vidrio | o vidro | il vetro | il vaider | vitrum, vitri (neut) | l'vèrre | |||||
| la vitre | l'vitre | |||||||||||
| ice | la glace | el hielo | o gelo | il ghiaccio | il glatsch | glacies, glaciei (fem) | ||||||
| minute | la minute | el minuto | o minuto | il minuto | la minuta | la minnute | la minute | |||||
| sea | la mer | el mar | o mar | il mare | la mar | mar, maris (neut) | la mé | la mé | marea (mare, fem) | |||
| hail | la grêle | el granizo | o granizo | la grandine | la granella | grando, grandinis (fem) | ||||||
| valley | la vallée | el valle | o vale | la valle | la val | valles, vallis (fem) | la vallée | |||||
| end | la fin | el fin | o fim | (il/la) fine ??? | la fin | finis, finis (masc) | ||||||
| conquest | la conquète | la conquista | a conquista | la conquista | la contchête | le conqùet | ||||||
| flag | le drapeau | la bandera | a bandeira | la bandiera | la couleu | la couoleu | ||||||
| spider | l'araignée (fem) | la araña | a aranha | il ragno | l'pêtre | |||||||
| honey | le miel | la miel | o mel | il miele | mel, mellis (neut) | miere (fem) | ||||||
| edge, border | la bordure | la orla | a orla | l'orlo (masc) | ora, orae (fem) | bordura (fem) | ||||||
| custom | la coutume | la costumbre | o costume | il costume | consuetudo, consuetudinis (fem) | |||||||
| labor, task, ploughing | le labeur | la labor | o lavouro | il lavoro | labor, laboris (masc) | |||||||
| le labour | ||||||||||||
| Neologisms | ||||||||||||
| make-up | le maquillage | el maquillaje | a maquiagem | |||||||||
| garage | le garage | el garaje | a garagem | la garascha | ||||||||
| car | l'auto (fem) | el auto | o auto | l'auto (fem) | l'auto (masc) | la vaituthe; moto (?) | la qùérette; la maringote; l'éto (?) | |||||
| tomato | la tomate | el tomate | o tomate | la tomata | la tanmate | tomata | el tomàquet | |||||
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