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Any Italian words end up with a consonant?
Mar 19, 2011 11:47 AM
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camion : truck
gratis : free (as in /free beer/, NOT as in /free speech/)
lapsus : error, usually said in the expression "lapsus linguae", with the meaning
"mistaken words". S. Freud figured out something interesting about
"lapsus linguae"
I will say only one word we borrowed from the English language: radar
nord, sud, est, ovest (west)
non, tram (trolley car),
tic (a compulsive repeated gesture)
gas,
solarium (a place where you can get the sun, like a terrace)
ok (yes, we use this quite a lot)
lapis (pencil, we also have /matita/ which is more used)
curriculum (from Latin, plural: curricula)
Of course, we also have: un, il, gran (from grande), and other abbreviations, prepositions and particles, but I would skip these.
album : a book with personal pictures, a record
sic : cosi`, precisely like this, do not change (in annotations) or correct
March 19, 2011
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Latin words used in italian :
tra parentesi il significato in latino
album (di colore bianco)
bis (due volte)
campus (campo)
sponsor (garante)
deficit (mancanza)
ex (precedentemente)
excelsior (il più elevato)
humus (terra,suolo)
ictus (colpo)
incipit (comincia)
iunior (il più giovane)
senior(il più vecchio)
iuventus (gioventu')
monitor (suggeritore)
requiem (riposo)
super (superiore)
March 19, 2011
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Parole che usiamo in lingua italiana:
computer
yogurt
hotel
totem
factotum
cactus
ananas
scooter
robot
autobus
zig zag
colon
caos
tandem
humus
habitat
anche se alcune non sono di origine italiana, ma sono prestiti.
March 19, 2011
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