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| style="font-weight: bold;" rowspan="2" | flower | | style="font-weight: bold;" rowspan="2" | flower | ||
| − | | style="background-color: teal;" rowspan="2" | flos, floris ('' | + | | style="background-color: teal;" rowspan="2" | flos, floris (''3m'') |
| style="background-color: pink;" rowspan="2" | la fleur | | style="background-color: pink;" rowspan="2" | la fleur | ||
| style="background-color: pink;" rowspan="2" | la flor | | style="background-color: pink;" rowspan="2" | la flor | ||
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| style="font-weight: bold;" rowspan="2" | colour | | style="font-weight: bold;" rowspan="2" | colour | ||
| − | | style="background-color: teal;" rowspan="2" | color, coloris ('' | + | | style="background-color: teal;" rowspan="2" | color, coloris (''3m') |
| style="background-color: pink;" rowspan="2" | la couleur | | style="background-color: pink;" rowspan="2" | la couleur | ||
| style="background-color: teal;" rowspan="2" | el color | | style="background-color: teal;" rowspan="2" | el color | ||
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | pain | | style="font-weight: bold;" | pain | ||
| − | | style="background-color: teal;" | dolor, doloris ('' | + | | style="background-color: teal;" | dolor, doloris (''3m'') |
| style="background-color: pink;" | la douleur | | style="background-color: pink;" | la douleur | ||
| style="background-color: teal;" | el dolor | | style="background-color: teal;" | el dolor | ||
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | origin | | style="font-weight: bold;" | origin | ||
| − | | style="background-color: pink;" | origo, originis ('' | + | | style="background-color: pink;" | origo, originis (''?f'') |
| style="background-color: pink;" | l'origine (''fem'') | | style="background-color: pink;" | l'origine (''fem'') | ||
| style="background-color: teal;" | el origen | | style="background-color: teal;" | el origen | ||
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| style="font-weight: bold;" rowspan="2" | bridge | | style="font-weight: bold;" rowspan="2" | bridge | ||
| − | | style="background-color: teal;" rowspan="2" | pons, pontis ('' | + | | style="background-color: teal;" rowspan="2" | pons, pontis (''3m'') |
| style="background-color: teal;" rowspan="2" | le pont | | style="background-color: teal;" rowspan="2" | le pont | ||
| style="background-color: teal;" rowspan="2" | el puente | | style="background-color: teal;" rowspan="2" | el puente | ||
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | tree | | style="font-weight: bold;" | tree | ||
| − | | style="background-color: pink;" | arbor, arboris ('' | + | | style="background-color: pink;" | arbor, arboris (''?f??'') |
| style="background-color: teal;" | l'arbre (''masc'') | | style="background-color: teal;" | l'arbre (''masc'') | ||
| style="background-color: teal;" | el árbol | | style="background-color: teal;" | el árbol | ||
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| style="font-weight: bold;" rowspan="2" | art | | style="font-weight: bold;" rowspan="2" | art | ||
| − | | style="background-color: pink;" rowspan="2" | ars, artis ('' | + | | style="background-color: pink;" rowspan="2" | ars, artis (''?f??'') |
| style="background-color: teal;" rowspan="2" | l'art (''masc'') | | style="background-color: teal;" rowspan="2" | l'art (''masc'') | ||
| style="background-color: teal;" | el arte | | style="background-color: teal;" | el arte | ||
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | cloud | | style="font-weight: bold;" | cloud | ||
| − | | style="background-color: pink;" | nubes, nubis ('' | + | | style="background-color: pink;" | nubes, nubis (''?f'') |
| style="background-color: teal;" | le nuage | | style="background-color: teal;" | le nuage | ||
| style="background-color: pink;" | la nube | | style="background-color: pink;" | la nube | ||
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | inch | | style="font-weight: bold;" | inch | ||
| − | | style="background-color: teal;" | pollex, pollicis ('' | + | | style="background-color: teal;" | pollex, pollicis (''3m'') |
| style="background-color: teal;" | le pouce | | style="background-color: teal;" | le pouce | ||
| style="background-color: pink;" | la pulgada | | style="background-color: pink;" | la pulgada | ||
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| style="font-weight: bold;" rowspan="2"| blood | | style="font-weight: bold;" rowspan="2"| blood | ||
| − | | style="background-color: teal;" rowspan="2" | sanguis, sanguinis ('' | + | | style="background-color: teal;" rowspan="2" | sanguis, sanguinis (''3m'') |
| style="background-color: teal;" rowspan="2" | le sang | | style="background-color: teal;" rowspan="2" | le sang | ||
| style="background-color: pink;" rowspan="2" | la sangre | | style="background-color: pink;" rowspan="2" | la sangre | ||
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | milk | | style="font-weight: bold;" | milk | ||
| − | | style="background-color: teal;" | lac, lactis ('' | + | | style="background-color: teal;" | lac, lactis (''3?n'') |
| style="background-color: teal;" | le lait | | style="background-color: teal;" | le lait | ||
| style="background-color: pink;" | la leche | | style="background-color: pink;" | la leche | ||
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | nose | | style="font-weight: bold;" | nose | ||
| − | | style="background-color: teal;" | nasus, nasi ('' | + | | style="background-color: teal;" | nasus, nasi (''?m'') |
| style="background-color: teal;" | le nez | | style="background-color: teal;" | le nez | ||
| style="background-color: pink;" | la nariz | | style="background-color: pink;" | la nariz | ||
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | salt | | style="font-weight: bold;" | salt | ||
| − | | style="background-color: teal;" | sal, salis ('' | + | | style="background-color: teal;" | sal, salis (''3m'') |
| style="background-color: teal;" | le sel | | style="background-color: teal;" | le sel | ||
| style="background-color: pink;" | la sal | | style="background-color: pink;" | la sal | ||
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| style="font-weight: bold;" rowspan="2" | glass | | style="font-weight: bold;" rowspan="2" | glass | ||
| − | | style="background-color: yellow;" rowspan="2" | vitrum, vitri ('' | + | | style="background-color: yellow;" rowspan="2" | vitrum, vitri (''?n'') |
| style="background-color: teal;" | le verre | | style="background-color: teal;" | le verre | ||
| style="background-color: teal;" rowspan="2" | el vidrio | | style="background-color: teal;" rowspan="2" | el vidrio | ||
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | ice | | style="font-weight: bold;" | ice | ||
| − | | style="background-color: pink;" | glacies, glaciei ('' | + | | style="background-color: pink;" | glacies, glaciei (''?f'') |
| style="background-color: pink;" | la glace | | style="background-color: pink;" | la glace | ||
| style="background-color: teal;" | el hielo | | style="background-color: teal;" | el hielo | ||
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | sea | | style="font-weight: bold;" | sea | ||
| − | | style="background-color: yellow;" | mar, maris ('' | + | | style="background-color: yellow;" | mar, maris (''3n'') |
| style="background-color: pink;" | la mer | | style="background-color: pink;" | la mer | ||
| style="background-color: teal;" | el mar | | style="background-color: teal;" | el mar | ||
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | hail | | style="font-weight: bold;" | hail | ||
| − | | style="background-color: pink;" | grando, grandinis ('' | + | | style="background-color: pink;" | grando, grandinis (''?f'') |
| style="background-color: pink;" | la grêle | | style="background-color: pink;" | la grêle | ||
| style="background-color: teal;" | el granizo | | style="background-color: teal;" | el granizo | ||
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | valley | | style="font-weight: bold;" | valley | ||
| − | | style="background-color: pink;" | valles, vallis ('' | + | | style="background-color: pink;" | valles, vallis (''?f'') |
| style="background-color: pink;" | la vallée | | style="background-color: pink;" | la vallée | ||
| style="background-color: teal;" | el valle | | style="background-color: teal;" | el valle | ||
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | end | | style="font-weight: bold;" | end | ||
| − | | style="background-color: teal;" | finis, finis ('' | + | | style="background-color: teal;" | finis?, finis (''?m'') |
| style="background-color: pink;" | la fin | | style="background-color: pink;" | la fin | ||
| style="background-color: teal;" | el fin | | style="background-color: teal;" | el fin | ||
Revision as of 05:33, 9 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 | Latin | French | Spanish | Portuguese | Italian | Romansh | Jèrriais | Cotentinais | Romanian | Occitan | Catalan | Sardinian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| flower | flos, floris (3m) | la fleur | la flor | a flor | il fiore | la flur | la flieur | la flleur | floare (fem) | |||
| înflorire (fem) | ||||||||||||
| colour | color, coloris (3m') | la couleur | el color | a cor | il colore | la colur | la couleu | la couoleu | culoare (fem) | el color | ||
| colorit (neut) | ||||||||||||
| pain | dolor, doloris (3m) | la douleur | el dolor | a dor | il dolore | durere (fem) | ||||||
| origin | origo, originis (?f) | l'origine (fem) | el origen | a origem | l'origine (fem) | origine (fem) | ||||||
| landscape | le paysage | el paisaje | a paisagem | il paesaggio | ||||||||
| bridge | pons, pontis (3m) | le pont | el puente | a ponte | il ponte | la punt | punte (fem) | el pǫnt | ||||
| ponton; pod (neut.) | ||||||||||||
| tree | arbor, arboris (?f??) | l'arbre (masc) | el árbol | a árvore | l'albero (masc) | l'arbre (masc); l'bouais | l'âbre (masc) | |||||
| art | ars, artis (?f??) | l'art (masc) | el arte | a arte | l'arte (fem) | l'art (masc) | l'art (masc) | |||||
| las artes | ||||||||||||
| cloud | nubes, nubis (?f) | le nuage | la nube | a nuvem | la nuvola | il nivel | l'nouage | la nuaée | ||||
| inch | pollex, pollicis (3m) | le pouce | la pulgada | a polegada | il pollice | il polesch | ||||||
| blood | sanguis, sanguinis (3m) | le sang | la sangre | o sangue | il sangue | il sang | l'sang | sînge ("masc") | sang (fem) | |||
| sang (masc) | ||||||||||||
| milk | lac, lactis (3?n) | le lait | la leche | o leite | il latte | il latg | l'lait | lapte (neut) | lach | llet | latte | |
| nose | nasus, nasi (?m) | le nez | la nariz | o nariz | il naso | il nas | l'nez | |||||
| salt | sal, salis (3m) | le sel | la sal | o sal | il sale | il sal | sare (fem) | |||||
| glass | vitrum, vitri (?n) | le verre | el vidrio | o vidro | il vetro | il vaider | l'vèrre | |||||
| la vitre | l'vitre | |||||||||||
| ice | glacies, glaciei (?f) | la glace | el hielo | o gelo | il ghiaccio | il glatsch | ||||||
| sea | mar, maris (3n) | la mer | el mar | o mar | il mare | la mar | la mé | la mé | mare (fem) | |||
| hail | grando, grandinis (?f) | la grêle | el granizo | o granizo | la grandine | la granella | ||||||
| valley | valles, vallis (?f) | la vallée | el valle | o vale | la valle | la val | la vallée | |||||
| end | finis?, finis (?m) | la fin | el fin | o fim | (il/la) fine ??? | la fin | ||||||
| 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 | mel, mellis (neut) | le miel | la miel | o mel | il miele | miere (fem) | ||||||
| edge, border | ora, orae (fem) | la bordure | la orla | a orla | l'orlo (masc) | bordură (fem) | ||||||
| custom | consuetudo, consuetudinis (fem) | la coutume | la costumbre | o costume | il costume | |||||||
| labor, task, ploughing | labor, laboris (masc) | le labeur | la labor | o lavouro | il lavoro | |||||||
| le labour | ||||||||||||
| Neologisms | ||||||||||||
| make-up | le maquillage | el maquillaje | a maquiagem | |||||||||
| garage | le garage | el garaje | a garagem | la garascha | garaj (neut) | el garatge | ||||||
| car | l'auto (fem) | el auto | o auto | l'auto (fem) | l'auto (masc) | la vaituthe; moto (?) | la qùérette; la maringote; l'éto (?) | automobil (neut) | l'auto (masc) | |||
| tomato | la tomate | el tomate | o tomate | la tomata | la tanmate | tomată | el tomàquet | |||||
| Created from adjectival forms | ||||||||||||
| minute | la minute | el minuto | o minuto | il minuto | la minuta | la minnute | la minute | minut | ||||
| Derived from verbs | ||||||||||||
| conquest | la conquète | la conquista | a conquista | la conquista | la contchête | le conqùet | ||||||
| shelf | l'étagère (fem) | el estante | a estante | |||||||||
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