Translation
umbrella
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Word origin
A compound of pluvo, rain, and ombrelo, from Italian ombrello and Latin umbella, the diminutive of umbra meaning shade. The thing was invented against the sun and only later turned to the rain, which is why its name still says shade.
- Origin
- Italian
- Root
- umbella
- English cognates
- umbrella, umbrage, sombre
Examples
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Take the umbrella, because the sky is black.
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The wind broke my umbrella.
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Under the umbrella we stayed dry.
The compound earns its length. on its own is the shade-giving canopy of either kind, so Esperanto splits it: for the rain, sunombrelo for the parasol. In speech people shorten it back to when the weather has already made the point.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 17, lesson 7: pluvombrelo, humoro, sezono and 7 more words.