aria

From Latin aer, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr). Cognates include Italian aria and French air.


cane

From Latin canis, canem (“dog”). Cognates with Italian cane, French chien, Sicilian cani.

Canis familiaris
Canis familiaris#Translingual

(Cismontane dialects) dog (Canis familiaris)


zebra

From Portuguese zebra (“wild horse”), from zebro, from Old Galician-Portuguese zevro, from *ezevro, from Vulgar Latin *eciferus, from Latin *equiferus, from equus (“horse”) + ferus (“wild”).


lama

Borrowed from French lame. Cognates include Italian lama.


lama

(Tibetan Buddhism) lama (religious person)


lama

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.


carne

carni (plural)
carni (alternative)
carre (alternative)
carri (alternative)


grazie

Plural of grazia (“grace”), from Latin gratia, as used in the phrase grātiās agō (“I thank; I express thanks”). Akin to Italian grazie.


casa

From Latin casa. Cognates include Italian casa and Spanish casa.


vacca

From Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European *woḱéh₂. Cognates include Italian vacca and Spanish vaca.


vacca

red-black triplefin (Tripterygion tripteronotus)


serra

serre (plural)
sarra (alternative)
serrale (alternative)
sarrale (alternative)

From Latin serra (“saw”), from Proto-Italic *serzā, from Proto-Indo-European *sers- (“to cut off”). Cognates include Portuguese serra and Spanish sierra.


luna

From Latin lūna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂.


acqua

Inherited from Latin aqua (“water”). Cognates include Italian acqua and French eau.


elefante

elefanti (plural)
elefente (alternative)

Borrowed from Latin elephantem, accusative of elephas, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās). Cognates include Italian elefante and Spanish elefante.


apa

From Latin apis. Cognates include Italian ape and Neapolitan apa.


carta

From Latin charta, borrowed from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs). Cognates include Italian carta and Spanish carta.


pace

From Latin pācem (“peace”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-.


banca

Of Germanic origin. Akin to Italian banca, see there for more.


stella

stelle (plural)
stedda (alternative)
stidda (alternative)

From Latin stella, from Proto-Italic *stērlā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr. Cognates include Italian stella and Romanian stea.


terra

From Latin terra, from Proto-Italic *terza. Cognates include Gallurese tarra, Italian terra and French terre.


aprile

From Latin Aprīlis. Cognates include Italian aprile and French avril.


tè

Borrowed from French thé, from Dutch thee, from Malay teh, from Hokkien 茶 (tê). Cognates include Italian tè and Occitan tè.

Camellia sinensis
Camellia sinensis#Translingual


là

From Latin labii, the first word of the sixth line of Ut queant laxis, on which the names for the notes of the solfège were based. Compare Italian la and French la.


spada

From Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē). Cognates include Italian spada and Spanish espada.


fica

From Vulgar Latin *fica, from Latin ficus. Cognates include Italian fica (“fig fruit, pussy”) and Occitan figa (“fig”).


core

From Vulgar Latin *corem m, from Latin cor n.


fiore

Inherited from Latin flōrem. Compare Italian fiore.


notte

From Latin noctem, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.


fiume

fiumi (plural)
fiumi (alternative)
fiumu (alternative)


ora

(time) hour (a unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes))


este

Borrowed from French est. Cognates include Italian est and Spanish este.


animale

From Latin animal. Cognates include Italian animale and French animal.


regione

Borrowed from Latin regio. Cognates include Italian regione and French région.

A Corsica hè una regione francese.

Luntanu, luntanu à a fruntiera di l'antica URSS (avà Kazakistan) è a Cina, in u sudeste di a regione Semipalatinsk, vicinu à a cità de Ayaguz, traduttu cum'è "Oh toro", ci era un terrenu di teste nucleare cù una atmosfera radioattiva infettata ottenuta da a negligenza di i schientifichi in opera.

2019, Zosimov Premudroslovsky StaVl, Mutanti Sovetti: Fantasia divertente, →ISBN:

Far, far away on the border of the former USSR (now Kazakhstan) and China, in the southeast of the region Semipalatinsk, next to the city of Ayaguz, translated as "Oh toro", there was a terrain of nuclear testing with an infected radioactive atmosphere obtained due to the negligence of the scientists in operation.


anca

From Vulgar Latin *hanca (“hip”), from Frankish *hanka, from Proto-Germanic *ankijǭ (“joint”), from Proto-Indo-European *ang- (“joint”). Cognates include Italian anca (“hip”) and French hanche (“hip”).


verde

From Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Latin viridis. Cognates include Italian verde and French vert.


vendetta

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vendetta f (plural vendetti or vendette)


università

Borrowed from Medieval Latin universitas. Cognates include Italian università and French université.


geografia

geografie (plural)
geograffia (alternative)
geugrafia (alternative)
giugrafia (alternative)

Borrowed from Latin geōgraphia, from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία (geōgraphía).


atmosfera

atmosfere (plural)
atmusfera (alternative)

From French atmosphère, from New Latin atmosphaera, from Ancient Greek ἀτμός (atmós, “steam”) + σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “sphere”). Akin to Italian atmosfera.


grazia

Borrowed from Latin grātia (“favour; goodwill; charm”). Cognates include Italian grazia, French grâce, Sicilian grazzia, Spanish gracia.


gallina

galline (plural)
ghjaddina (alternative)
ghjallina (alternative)


medicina

From Latin medicina. Cognates include Italian medicina and French médecine.


monte

(geomorphology, orography) mountain, mount


opossum

Borrowed from English opossum, from Powhatan aposoum (“white animal”).


lettu

From Latin lectus (“bed”). Cognates include Italian letto and French lit.


bè

From Latin bene, from Old Latin *duened, from Old Latin duenos. Cognates include Italian bene and French bien.


diu

From Latin deus, from Old Latin deivos, from Proto-Italic *deiwos, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós. Cognates include Italian dio and French dieu.


luni

From Latin Lunae diēs. Cognates include Italian lunedì, French lundi, Sicilian luni.


teste

From English teste, perhaps via or else akin to Italian teste.


risa

From Latin risa, feminine past participle of rideo. Cognates include Italian riso and Spanish risa.


volpe

volpi (plural)
vorpe (alternative)
volpi (alternative)
vulpi (alternative)

From Latin vulpes, from Proto-Italic *wolpis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl(o)p. Cognates include Italian volpe and Romanian vulpe.

Vulpes vulpes
Vulpes vulpes#Translingual


europeu

europei (plural)
eurupeu (alternative)
europeanu (alternative)
auropeanu (alternative)

From Latin Europaeus. Cognates include Italian europeo and Portuguese europeu.


sud

Borrowed from French sud. Cognates include Italian sud and Spanish sur.


lupu

From Vulgar Latin *lūpum, from Latin lŭpum. Compare Italian lupo.


arba

arbe (plural)
erba (alternative)
arbi (alternative)

From Latin herba. Cognates include Italian erba and French herbe.


sega

From the verb segà (“to saw”). Akin to Italian sega and French scie.


annu

From Latin annus, from Proto-Italic *atnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂et-no-. Cognates include Italian anno and Portuguese ano.


ossu

From Latin ossum, popular variant of os, ossis, from Proto-Italic *ōs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ (“bone”), *h₂óst.


isula

From Vulgar Latin *isula, from Latin īnsula.


marti

From Latin Mārtis diēs. Cognates include Italian martedì and French mardi.


brocciu

From a pre-Roman word whence also Catalan brossa (“litter; brushwood”) and Occitan brossa (“brushwood”).

(countable and uncountable) brocciu (Corsican cheese)


mele

From Vulgar Latin *melem m or f, from Latin mel n.


negligenza

negligenze (plural)
nigligenza (alternative)

Borrowed from Latin negligentia. Cognates include Italian negligenza and French négligence.


canguru

From French kangourou, from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru.


settembre

From Latin September. Compare Italian settembre.

sittembri (alternative)
sittembru (alternative)


ottobre

From Latin Octōber. Compare Italian ottobre.


dicembre

/diˈd͡ʒɛ̃.bɾɛ/

From Latin December. Compare Italian dicembre.

decembre (alternative)
dicembri (alternative)


misericordia

misericordie (plural)
misiricordia (alternative)

From Latin misericordia. Cognates include Italian misericordia and Spanish misericordia.


coscia

From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin coxa (“thigh”), from Latin coxa (“hip”), from Proto-Indo-European *koḱs-.


sumere

sumeri (plural)
sumeru (alternative)
samere (alternative)
sameru (alternative)

From Vulgar Latin *saumarius, alternative form of Late Latin sagmarius (“having a saddle”). Cognates include Italian somaro (“donkey”) and Old French somier (“bag”).


geologia

geologie (plural)
geulugia (alternative)
giulugia (alternative)

Borrowed from Latin geōlogia, from Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) + -λογία (-logía).


talianu

From Latin italianus. Compare Sicilian talianu and Italian italiano.


sicilianu

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sicilianu m (feminine siciliana, masculine and feminine plural siciliani)

siciliana (feminine)
siciliani (feminine masculine plural)


grecu

From Latin Graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).


cità

From Latin civitas. Cognates include Italian città and French cité.


prete

From Vulgar Latin *previter, from Latin presbyter (“elder”), from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros, “elder”). Cognates include Italian prete and French prêtre.


renna

Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *hrainaz
Old Norse hreinn
Swedish renbor.
Old Norse hreinn
Norwegian Nynorsk reinbor.
French rennebor.
Corsican renna
Borrowed from French renne.

etymon

Rangifer tarandus
Rangifer tarandus#Translingual


visone

Borrowed from French vison, from Old French vison. Cognates include Italian visone and Spanish visón.

Mustela lutreola
Mustela lutreola#Translingual


rettile

From Late Latin reptile, from Latin reptilis (“crawling”). Cognates include Italian rettile and French reptile.


biochimica

biochimiche (plural)
biuchimica (alternative)
bio chimica (alternative)

From bio- + chimica (“chemistry”). Akin to Italian biochimica.


ingrediente

ingredienti (plural)
ingridienzu (alternative)


ballò

association football
association football


pece

From Latin pix, picem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pī́ts (“pitch; resin”). Cognates include Italian pece and English pitch.


tuttu

From Vulgar Latin tottus, alteration of Classical Latin totus. Cognates include Italian tutto and Portuguese tudo.


lontra

From a Vulgar Latin variant of Latin lutra. Cognates include Italian lontra, French loutre.


figliu

From Latin filius. Cognate to Italian figlio.


tassu

From Late Latin taxus, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *þahsuz. Cognates include Italian tasso and Galician teixo.


tassu

From Latin taxus, of Scythian origin. Cognates include Italian tasso and Portuguese teixo.


bonu

From Latin bonus, from Old Latin duonus, from Proto-Italic *dwe-nos. Cognates include Italian buono and French bon.


pueta

puetu (alternative)
poeta (alternative)
poetu (alternative)


tondu

Clipping of rutondu. Akin to Italian tondo.


marsupiale

From French marsupial, from Latin marsupium (“pouch”), from Ancient Greek μάρσιππος (mársippos).


neru

neri (plural)
negru (alternative archaic)

From older negru, from Latin nigrum. Cf. Italian nero, negro.


canzona

From Latin cantio. Cognates include Gallurese canzona, Italian canzone and French chanson.


domu

From Latin domus, from Proto-Italic *domos, from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm. Cognates include Sicilian domu and Sardinian domu.


domu

Borrowed from French dôme, from Middle French domme, from Italian duomo, from Latin domus.


esegesi

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐξήγησις (exḗgēsis, “interpretation”), from ἐξηγέομαι (exēgéomai, “I explain, interpret”), from ἐξ (ex, “out”) + ἡγέομαι (hēgéomai, “I lead, guide”).


sudeste

From sud (“south”) + este (“east”). Compare French sud-est and Italian sudest.


ghjaddina

ghjaddine (plural)
gallina (alternative)
ghjallina (alternative)


ghjallina

ghjalline (plural)
gallina (alternative)
ghjaddina (alternative)


esegeta

female equivalent of esegetu (“exegete, exegetist”)


seculu

Probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latin sēculum (“lifetime, age”), from saeculum (“lifetime, age”). Compare Italian secolo, Sicilian sèculu.


topu

From Latin talpa (“mole”). Cognates include French taupe (“mole”) and Italian topo (“rat, mouse”).


focu

From Vulgar Latin focus, of uncertain origin. Cognates include Italian fuoco and French feu.


etimulugia

From Latin etymologia, from Ancient Greek ἐτυμολογία (etumología, “etymology”).


nulu

nuli (plural)
nuvulu (alternative)
nivulu (alternative)

From Latin nūbilum, noun use of the neuter of the adjective nūbilus (“cloudy”), from Latin nūbēs.


omu

From Latin homo (“person, man”), from Old Latin hemo, from Proto-Italic *hemō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ (“earthling”). Cognates include Italian uomo (“person, man”), Romanian om (“human, man”), Sicilian omu/òmminu (“human, person, man”).


rossu

From Latin russus, from Proto-Italic *roussos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-. Cognates include Italian rosso and French rouge.


furmicula

From Late Latin formicula, from Latin formica, from Proto-Indo-European *morwi-. Compare Sicilian furmicula and Italian formicola.


capu

From Vulgar Latin capus, masculinization of Latin caput.


ghjinochju

ghjinochji (plural)
dinochju (alternative)
vinochju (alternative)

From Late Latin genuculum, alteration of Latin geniculum, diminutive of genū (“knee”). Cognates include Gallurese ghinocchiu, Italian ginocchio and French genou.


manzu

Possibly from Illyrian. Compare Italian manzo.


statu

From Latin status. Cognates include Gallurese statu, Italian stato and Romanian stat.


biera

Ultimately from Frankish *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą. Compare French bière and Italian birra.


cantu

From Latin cantus. Cognates include Gallurese cantu, Italian canto and French chant.


mercuri

From Latin dies Mercurii. Cognates include Romanian miercuri, Italian mercoledì and Spanish miércoles.

marcuri (alternative)
mercule (alternative)


caminu

camini (plural)
camminu (alternative)
carminu (alternative)

From Latin camīnus, from Ancient Greek κάμῑνος (kámīnos). Cognates include Italian camino, French cheminée and English chimney (via Old French).


teatru

From Latin theātrum, from Ancient Greek θέᾱτρον (théātron, “a place for viewing”).


banchieru

From banca (“bank”) + -ieru. Compare Italian banchiere and French banquier.


cullazione

cullazioni (plural)
collazione (alternative)


buttiglia

From Old French boteille. Compare French bouteille and Portuguese botelha.


bichjeru

bichjeri (plural)
bichjere (alternative)
bicchieru (alternative)

From Late Latin bicarium. Cognates include Italian bicchiere and French pichet (“jug”).


butiru

From Latin butyrum, from Ancient Greek βούτυρον (boúturon). Cognates include Italian burro and Spanish butiro.


millanta

From mille (“thousand”) + -anta. Akin to Italian millanta.


mulu

From Latin mulus. Cognates include Italian mulo and Portuguese mulo.


capilocu

chief town or city of a region; capital city.


ghjugnu

June (the sixth month of the year on the Gregorian calendar.)


lugliu

From Latin iūlius, through a process of dissimilation, as with Italian luglio.

luddu (alternative)
lughju (alternative)


aostu

From Vulgar Latin agustus, from Latin augustus. Cognates include Italian agosto and French août.

austu (alternative)
agostu (alternative)


nuvembre

From Latin November. Compare Italian novembre.

nuvembri (alternative)
novembre (alternative)


ghjennaghju

From Vulgar Latin ienuārius, from Latin Iānuārius.


ferraghju

From Late Latin Febrārius, from Latin Februārius.

farraghju (alternative)
frivaghju (alternative)


maghju

From Latin Maius. Compare Italian maggio.


sittimana

sittimani (plural)
settimana (alternative)

From Late Latin septimāna (“week”), from the Latin septimānus (“related to the seventh element of a series”, adjective), derived from septimus (“seventh”).


ghjovi

From Latin Jovis diēs or Iovis diēs, variant of diēs Iovis (“day of Jupiter”). Compare Italian giovedì.


vennari

From Latin Veneris diēs, variant of diēs Veneris (“day of Venus”). Compare Italian venerdì and French vendredi.


dumenica

Inherited from Late Latin [diēs] Dominica (literally “day of the Lord”). Compare Italian domenica, French dimanche, Sicilian dumìnica.


sangui

From Vulgar Latin sanguem, alteration of Latin sanguinem, accusative of sanguis.


stonda

From Germanic, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stundō (“period of time”), possibly through Catalan estona.

der

Notte angusciose, // stonde dulurose, // cumpagnu, // ma spera Nazione.

Distressing nights, painful moments, companion, but [the] Nation hopes.


porcu

From Latin porcus, from Proto-Italic *porkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos. Cognates include Italian porco, Portuguese porco and Sicilian porcu.


zebru

zebri (plural)
zebra (alternative)
zebaru (alternative)

From Portuguese zebro (“wild horse”), from Old Galician-Portuguese zevro, from earlier *ezevro, from Vulgar Latin *eciferus, from Latin equiferus, from equus (“horse”) + ferus (“wild”).


bellula

From bella (“handsome”) + -ula. Calque of French belette by reanalysing it as a diminutive of belle (“handsome”).

Mustela nivalis
Mustela nivalis#Translingual


fraula

From Vulgar Latin *frāgula, diminutive of Latin frāga, plural of frāgum. Cf. Italian fragola.


camellu

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camellu (feminine camella, plural camelli)

camella (feminine)
camelli (plural)
camelu (alternative)
cameddu (alternative)

From Vulgar Latin *camellus, from Latin camelus, from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos), from a Semitic language. Cognates include Italian cammello and Portuguese camelo.


abetu

From Vulgar Latin *abētem, from Classical Latin abietem.


gallu

galli (plural)
ghjallu (alternative)
ghjaddu (alternative)

From Latin gallus. Cognates include Italian gallo and Portuguese galo.


camella

camella (masculine camellu, plural camelle)

camellu (masculine)
camelle (plural)
camedda (alternative)


levra

levre (plural)
leura (alternative)
lepra (alternative)
levura (alternative)
lefra (alternative)
levru (alternative)

From Latin lepus. Cognates include Italian lepre and French lièvre.

Lepus europaeus
Lepus europaeus#Translingual


acula

From Latin aquila. Cognates include Italian aquila and French aigle.


ambata

Ramentati le sponde // di la mio terra amata // di mille canti è gridi // a l’ora di l’ambata.

1984, A Filetta, “I pescadori è u mare”, in Cun tè:

Remember of the shores of my beloved land, of a thousand songs and cries in the hour of the sea breeze.


asinu

From Latin asinus. Cognates include Italian asino and Portuguese asno.


boscu

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin boscus, borrowed from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.


corsu

From Latin corsus. Cognates include Italian corso and Portuguese corso.


corsu

From Latin cursus. Cognates include Italian corso and Portuguese corso.


orsu

Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *orssos
Latin ursus
Corsican orsu
Inherited from Latin ursus, from Proto-Italic *orssos.


biancu

From Early Medieval Latin blancus. Compare Italian bianco and Gallurese biancu.


nordu

Borrowed from French nord. Cognates include Italian nord and Spanish norte.


bracciu

From Latin bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn). Cognates include Italian braccio and Portuguese braço.

A unit of measure equal to four hands (about 16 inches).


ghjacaru

ghjacari (plural)
ghiacaru (alternative)
jacaru (alternative)

Probably from Vulgar Latin *cattulus (“whelp, puppy”), from Latin catŭlus (“puppy”).
Or, from or influenced by a metathesis of Basque txakur, xakur (“puppy”); however, this has been dismissed as speculative. Compare Spanish cachorro and Sardinian giagaru.

(Ultramontane dialects) dog (Canis familiaris)


ghjè

The name of the Latin-script letter Ghj/ghj.


chjì

The name of the Latin-script letter Chj/chj.


azotu

Borrowed from French azote. Compare Italian azoto.


ghjattu

ghjatti (plural)
gattu (alternative)
ghiattu (alternative)

From Latin cattus. Cognates include Italian gatto and Spanish gato.


amicu

From Latin amicus. Cognates include Italian amico and Portuguese amigo.


argentu

From Latin argentum, from Proto-Italic *argentom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm. Cognates include Italian argento and French argent.

arigentu (alternative)
arghientu (alternative)
arghjentu (alternative)


giallu

gialli (plural)
ghjallu (alternative)
ciaddu (alternative)

Borrowed from Old French jalne, from Latin galbinus. Cognates include Italian giallo and French jaune.


fagu

faiu (alternative)
favu (alternative)
foiu (alternative)
fou (alternative)
fogu (alternative)
fovu (alternative)
faghu (alternative)


pilucca

pirrucca (alternative)
parrucca (alternative)
perrucca (alternative)


caghjarella

caghjarelle (plural)
caghjarellu (alternative)
caghiarella (alternative)


migliu

Ultimately from Latin mille, shortening of an earlier mille passus. Compare Italian miglio, Sicilian migghiu and Spanish milla.


migliu

From Latin milium, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-. Cognates include Italian miglio and Portuguese milho.


mammiferu

Akin to Italian mammifero and French mammifère.


acellu

acelli (plural)
ucellu (alternative)
ocellu (alternative)
aceddu (alternative)

From Late Latin aucellus m (“little bird”), a diminutive ultimately based on Latin avis f (“bird”), from Proto-Italic *awis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis. Cognates include Italian uccello and French oiseau.


anfibiu

From Latin amphibius, from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios). Cognates include Italian anfibio and Spanish anfibio.


pesciu

Inherited from Latin pisce(m) (with a change in the final vowel), from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-. Cognates include Portuguese peixe and Italian pesce.


argentinu

From Argentina + -u. Compare Italian argentino and Spanish argentino.


pesciu argentinu

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pesciu argentinu m (plural pesce argentini)

From pesciu (“fish”) + argentinu (“silvery”).

beltfish, scabbardfish (Lepidopus caudatus)


cavallu

From Late Latin caballus, from Latin caballus (“pack horse”), from Gaulish *kaballos, from Proto-Celtic *kaballos. Cognates include Italian cavallo and Portuguese cavalo.


pesciu cavallu

From pesciu (“fish”) + cavallu (“horse”).

Auxis thazard
Auxis thazard#Translingual


pesciu grondula

From pesciu (“fish”) and a term probably derived from French grondin (“gurnard”).


pesciu lama

Regalecus glesne
Regalecus glesne#Translingual


pesciu lucente

From pesciu (“fish”) + lucente (“shining”).


pesciu manzu

sharpnose sevengill shark
sharpnose sevengill shark

sharpnose sevengill shark (Heptranchias perlo)


pesciu nudu

From pesciu (“fish”) + nudu (“nude, naked”).


pesciu fica

From pesciu (“fish”) + fica (“fig tree”).


pesciu pece

Echeneis naucrates
Echeneis naucrates#Translingual

Petromyzon marinus
Petromyzon marinus#Translingual


pesciu prete

From pesciu (“fish”) + prete (“priest”).

Cornish sucker, shore clingfish (Lepadogaster lepadogaster)


pesciu ruvettu

From pesciu (“fish”) and a term, probably derived from its scientific name Ruvettus.


scarmu

From Latin scalmus, from Ancient Greek σκαλμός (skalmós).


pesciu scarmu

From pesciu (“fish”) + scarmu (“rowlock”).


pesciu sega

From pesciu (“fish”) + sega (“saw”). Akin to Italian pesce sega.


pesciu serra

From pesciu (“fish”) + serra (“mountain chain”).

Pomatomus saltatrix
Pomatomus saltatrix#Translingual


pesciu spada

Xiphias gladius
Xiphias gladius#Translingual


disegnu

From the verb disegnà. Akin to Italian disegno.


pesciu stella

pompano, silverfish (Trachinotus ovatus)


pesciu stranieru

From pesciu (“fish”) + stranieru (“strange, foreign”).

mahi-mahi, dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus)


pesciu sturiu

From pesciu (“fish”) and a second part, derived from Medieval Latin sturio (“sturgeon”).

Acipenser sturio
Acipenser sturio#Translingual

European sea sturgeon, Baltic sturgeon (Acipenser sturio)


vacca maculata

From vacca (“peacock blenny”) + maculata, feminine of maculatu (“spotted”).


vacca bianca

From vacca (“peacock blenny”) + bianca, feminine of biancu.


vacca pregna

From vacca (“peacock blenny”) + pregna, feminine of pregnu (“pregnant”).

rusty blenny (Parablennius sanguinolentus)


vacca bavosa

From vacca (“peacock blenny”) + bavosa, feminine of bavosu (“drooling”).

tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine)


Dalaï Lama

Borrowed from Tibetan ཏཱ་ལའི་བླ་མ (tā la'i bla ma), probably indirect. Compare French dalaï-lama or Portuguese dalai lama.


pesciu elefante

From pesciu (“fish”) + elefante (“elephant”), referring to the basking shark's size.


pesciu gattu

small-spotted catshark
small-spotted catshark

morgay, small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula)


diavule

From Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos). Cognates include Italian diavolo and Spanish diablo.


pesciu diavule

From pesciu (“fish”) + diavule (“devil”).


palomu

palomi (plural)
palombu (alternative)
palumbu (alternative)


pesciu palomu

palomu (canonical masculine)
palomi (plural)

From pesciu (“fish”) + palomu (“school shark”).


anghjulu

From Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos). Cognates include Italian angelo and French ange.


pesciu anghjulu

From pesciu (“fish”) + anghjulu (“angel”).

smoothback angelfish
smoothback angelfish


arabu

From Arabia + -u. Compare Italian arabo and French arabe.


martellu

martelli (plural)
marteddu (alternative)
mertellu (alternative)

From Late Latin martellus, from Latin marculus, diminutive of marcus. Cognates include Italian martello and Portuguese martelo.


cappellu

cappelli (plural)
cappeddu (alternative)

From Early Medieval Latin cappellus, from Late Latin cappa. Compare Italian cappello.


pesciu martellu

From pesciu (“fish”) + martellu (“hammer”).


pesciu cappellu

From pesciu (“fish”) + cappellu (“hat”).


pesciu gendarme

From pesciu (“fish”) + gendarme (“gendarme”), due to the fish's head resembling a bicorne, associated with gendarmes.


pesciu volpe

From pesciu (“fish”) + volpe (“fox”), the second part probably calqued from the Latin name.


pesciu cane grisgiu

From pesciu cane (“blue shark”) + grisgiu (“grey”).


pesciu cane maiò

From pesciu cane (“blue shark”) + maiò (“greater”).


pesciu cane biancu

From pesciu cane (“blue shark”) + biancu (“white”).

Carcharodon carcharias
Carcharodon carcharias#Translingual

great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)


furmiculaiu

From furmicula (“ant”) + -aiu. Compare French fourmilier and Italian formichiere.


insettu

Borrowed from Latin insectus (“uncut”). Cognates include Italian insetto and Portuguese inseto.


artropodu

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἄρθρον (árthron, “joint”) + πούς (poús, “foot”). Compare Italian artropode and Portuguese artrópode.


curdatu

Compare Portuguese cordado and Italian cordato.


vermu

vermi (plural)
varme (alternative)
varmu (alternative)

From Latin vermis, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis. Cognates include Italian verme and Portuguese verme.


molluscu

Ultimately from Latin molluscus (“soft-shelled”). Cognates include French mollusque and Italian mollusco.


carnivuru

carnivuri (plural)
carnivoru (alternative)

Borrowed from Latin carnivorus. Cognates include French carnivore and Italian carnivoro.


zoolugia

Compare Italian zoologia and French zoologie.

zoologia (alternative)
zuulugia (alternative)


ictiolugia

Compare Italian ittiologia and French ichtyologie.


cumpagnu

From Late Latin compāniō, a calque of Proto-West Germanic *gahlaibō, from Proto-Germanic *gahlaibô. Cognates include Italian compagno and French copain.


amacu

ambacu (alternative)
amicu (alternative)


ambacu

From Latin ambages. Compare French ambage, ambages and Spanish ambages.


beccazza

beccazze (plural)
biccazza (alternative)
biccazzu (alternative)
bicazza (alternative)
bicazzu (alternative)

From beccu + -azza. Compare Italian beccaccia and French bécasse.


caghju

From Latin coagulum. Doublet of caghja (“snot”) Cognates include Italian caglio and Portuguese coalho.


caghja

caghje (plural)
caghju (alternative)
caghia (alternative)

From Latin coagulum (“thickening”). Doublet of caghju (“rennet”).


staghjone

From Latin statiōnem, accusative of statiō (“outpost”).


articulu

From Latin articulus. Cognates include Italian articolo and French article.


vucale

From Latin vocalis, short for littera vocalis (“sounding letter”). Cognates include Italian vocale and Portuguese vogal.


cunsunante

cunsunanti (plural)
cunsunente (alternative)
consonante (alternative)

From Latin consonans, short for littera consonans (“resounding letter”). Cognates include Italian consonante and English consonant.


anatumia

anatumie (plural)
anatomia (alternative)

From Latin anatomia. Cognates include Italian anatomia and French anatomie.


ecolugia

ecolugie (plural)
eculugia (alternative)
ecologia (alternative)

From eco- + -lugia. Akin to Italian ecologia.


embriolugia

embriolugie (plural)
embriulugia (alternative)
embriologia (alternative)

From embrio- + -lugia. Akin to Italian embriologia.


oncolugia

From onco- + -lugia. Akin to Italian oncologia.

onculugia (alternative)
unculugia (alternative)


fisiolugia

From fisio- + -lugia. Akin to Italian fisiologia.

fisiulugia (alternative)
fisiologia (alternative)


idrogenu

idrogeni (plural)
idrugenu (alternative)

From French hydrogène. Cognates include Italian idrogeno and Spanish hidrógeno.


eliu

From English helium, from New Latin helium, from Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”). Cognates include Italian elio and French hélium.


topufuragnu

topufuragni (plural)
topu furagnu (alternative)

From topu (“mouse”) + furagnu (“foreigner”).


foranu

forani (plural)
furagnu (alternative)
foraniu (alternative)

From Vulgar Latin *forānus, from Latin foras. Akin to English foreign.


glucosiu

From French glucose, from Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos, “sweetness”). Akin to Italian glucosio.


ornitorincu

From New Latin ornīthorhynchus, from Ancient Greek ὄρνῑς (órnīs) + ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos). Cognates include Italian ornitorinco and French ornithorynque.

Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Ornithorhynchus anatinus#Translingual


mammacara

Vulpes vulpes
Vulpes vulpes#Translingual


codipinnacciuta

head

codipinnacciuta f (plural codipinnacciute)

codipinnacciute (plural)
cudipinnacciuta (alternative)


sciaccallu

Borrowed from French chacal, from Turkish çakal, from Ottoman Turkish چقال, from Persian شغال, from Middle Persian 𐬱𐬖𐬀𐬮 (šγal), from Sanskrit सृगाल (sṛgāla), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárguš. Cognates include Italian sciacallo.


lamantinu

Borrowed from French lamantin, from Spanish manatí. Cognates include Italian lamantino and Romanian lamantin.


ruditore

U topu è a levra sò ruditori.


cunigliu

cunigli (plural)
cunigliulu (alternative)

Ultimately from Latin cunīculus. Compare Italian coniglio.


fruntiera

From Old Occitan frontiera. Cognates include Italian frontiera and French frontière.


ermellinu

Ultimately from a West Germanic language (compare Dutch hermelijn, German Hermelin), from Proto-Germanic *harmô. Cognates include Italian ermellino and Romanian hermelină.

Mustela erminea
Mustela erminea#Translingual


brunu

From Medieval Latin brūnus, from Frankish *brūn, from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bher-. Cognates include Italian bruno and French brun.


orsu brunu

From orsu (“bear”) + brunu (“brown”). Akin to Italian orso bruno and French ours brun.


orsu europeu

From orsu (“bear”) + europeu (“European”).


orsu biancu

From orsu (“bear”) + biancu (“white”). Akin to Italian orso bianco and French ours blanc.

Ursus maritimus
Ursus maritimus#Translingual


orsu grisgiu

From orsu (“bear”) + grisgiu (“grey”). Akin to Italian orso grigio.

Ursus arctos horribilis
Ursus arctos horribilis#Translingual


castoru

From Latin castor, from Ancient Greek κάστωρ (kástōr), from Doric Greek κάστον (káston, “wood”). Cognates include Italian castoro and French castor.


cricetu

From Czech křeček. Akin to Italian criceto.


vindetta

vindetta f (plural vindetti or vindette)

vindetti (plural)
vindette (plural)
vendetta (alternative)

From Latin vindicta. Cognates include Italian vendetta and Sicilian vinnitta.


bonghjornu

bonghjorni (plural)
bon ghjornu (alternative)
bongiornu (alternative)

From bonu (“good”) + ghjornu (“day”). Akin to Italian buongiorno and French bonjour.


aghjettivu

aghjettivi (plural)
aggettivu (alternative)


vicinu

From Late Latin vēcīnus, from Latin vīcīnus. Compare Italian vicino.


terrenu

From Latin terrenus. Cognates include Italian terreno and French terrain.


scientificu

scientifichi (plural)
scentificu (alternative)
scintificu (alternative)

From Latin scientificus. Cognates include Italian scientifico and French scientifique.

Luntanu, luntanu à a fruntiera di l'antica URSS (avà Kazakistan) è a Cina, in u sudeste di a regione Semipalatinsk, vicinu à a cità de Ayaguz, traduttu cum'è "Oh toro", ci era un terrenu di teste nucleare cù una atmosfera radioattiva infettata ottenuta da a negligenza di i scientifichi in opera.


azuru

Borrowed from Medieval Latin azzurum, from earlier lazulum, borrowed from Arabic لَازَوَرْد (lāzaward), from Persian لاجورد. Cognates include Italian azzurro and French azur.


ducumentu

ducumenti (plural)
documentu (alternative)


piaghja

piaghje (plural)
pieghja (alternative)
piaghia (alternative)

Ci inghjinuchjàimu nantu à a piaghja, è pricàimu.

2005, Christian Dubois, A Bìbbia corsa [The Corsican Bible], Actes 21:5:

We started at the riverbank, and we prayed.


munarca

monarca (alternative)
monarcu (alternative)
munarcu (alternative)


alberu

From Latin arborem f. For the evolution, see Italian albero.

arburu (alternative)
alburi (alternative)


ochju

From Latin oclus. Compare Italian occhio.


figatellu

figatelli (plural)
fegatellu (alternative)
fiatellu (alternative)
featellu (alternative)
ficatellu (alternative)
ficateddu (alternative)
figateddu (alternative)


vindetti

Alternative form of vindette, plural of vindetta


scornu

Compare Old French corn (“corner, secluded place”).

cog

Quandu in un scornu hè notte, // in l'altru u sole sorte.

1984, A Filetta, “U mare è u fiume”, in Cuntè:

When in a place it is night, in another the Sun rises.


carrughju

carrughji (plural)
cherrughju (alternative)

From Ligurian caróggio, from Vulgar Latin *quadruvium, for Classical Latin quadrivium (“crossroads”), from quattuor (“four”) + via (“road”). Compare Italian carruggio and Sicilian carruggiu.

der

Una tinta vichjarella // si n'andava dirinata, // u vintacciu scaccanendu // in carrughju l'hà lampata...

1984, A Filetta, “U ventu scemu è a vechja serena”, in Cun tè:

An unlucky worn out old lady was walking, the bad wind threw her on the street laughing...


romiccia

Rumex crispus
Rumex crispus#Translingual


machja

(by extension) generic name for plants commonly found in a macchia


astronumia

astronumie (plural)
astrunumia (alternative)
astronomia (alternative)

Borrowed from Latin astronomia, from Ancient Greek ἀστρονομία (astronomía), from ἄστρον (ástron) + νόμος (nómos).


biolugia

biolugie (plural)
biulugia (alternative)
biologia (alternative)

Borrowed from Latin biologia, from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos) + -λογία (-logía).


cumunicazione

cumunicazioni (plural)
comunicazione (alternative)
cumunicazioni (alternative)


archeolugia

archeolugie (plural)
archeologia (alternative)
archeulugia (alternative)
archiulugia (alternative)

From Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογία (arkhaiología), from ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos) + -λογία (-logía).


antropolugia

antropolugie (plural)
antrupulugia (alternative)
antrupologia (alternative)
antropologia (alternative)

Borrowed from Latin anthrōpologia, from Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos) + -λογία (-logía).


filosufia

filosufie (plural)
filosofia (alternative)
filusufia (alternative)

Borrowed from Latin philosophia, from Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía), from φίλος (phílos, “beloved”) + σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”).


esegetu

From Ancient Greek ἐξηγητής (exēgētḗs, “expounder, interpreter”).


esegesa

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐξήγησις (exḗgēsis, “interpretation”), from ἐξηγέομαι (exēgéomai, “I explain, interpret”), from ἐξ (ex, “out”) + ἡγέομαι (hēgéomai, “I lead, guide”).