Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5552 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian
| Message 897 of 2491 15 October 2009 at 7:49pm | IP Logged |
la farine
'flour', French
Sennin wrote:
la cacahouète - peanut French |
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Actually, it's "cacahuète".
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Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 6019 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes 5 sounds
| Message 898 of 2491 15 October 2009 at 8:26pm | IP Logged |
Levi, I think in this case there are two alternative spellings; "cacahuète" is probably the prevailing one.
le cauchemar - nightmare
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Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5552 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian
| Message 899 of 2491 15 October 2009 at 9:01pm | IP Logged |
Ah, yes, you are correct. I had never seen that spelling before. A Google search confirms that "cacahuète" is by far the more common variant, even though most people say it with an "ou" sound.
der Albtraum
'nightmare', German
Edited by Levi on 15 October 2009 at 9:02pm
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formiko Nonaglot Senior Member United States Joined 6196 days ago 848 posts - 855 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Esperanto, Indonesian, Yoruba, Cherokee, Russian, German, French Studies: Mandarin, Ancient Greek
| Message 900 of 2491 16 October 2009 at 9:40am | IP Logged |
inkubsonĝo
"nightmare, 'incubus dream'", Esperanto
Edited by formiko on 16 October 2009 at 9:42am
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Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6688 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map
| Message 901 of 2491 16 October 2009 at 1:22pm | IP Logged |
"lucid dream" - a dream where you know that you are dreaming
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Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5552 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian
| Message 902 of 2491 16 October 2009 at 2:50pm | IP Logged |
der Klartraum
'lucid dream', German
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tricycle Diglot Groupie Germany Joined 5648 days ago 99 posts - 107 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: French
| Message 903 of 2491 16 October 2009 at 3:28pm | IP Logged |
die Pfütze - puddle, German
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Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 6019 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes 5 sounds
| Message 904 of 2491 16 October 2009 at 3:42pm | IP Logged |
la flaque - puddle, French
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