Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6701 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 1249 of 2529 23 November 2009 at 2:38pm | IP Logged |
French Travail - from O.Fr. travail "suffering or painful effort, trouble" (a meaning that the word has kept in its rare occurences in English). Related to English "travel"
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Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5565 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian
| Message 1250 of 2529 23 November 2009 at 5:03pm | IP Logged |
運命 (unmei)
'fate, destiny' - Japanese
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Johannes Diglot Groupie Germany adfc-nrw.de/ Joined 5641 days ago 76 posts - 79 votes Speaks: German*, Latin Studies: Turkish
| Message 1251 of 2529 25 November 2009 at 5:26pm | IP Logged |
varış Turkish arrival
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Taka Diglot Groupie China Joined 6090 days ago 47 posts - 48 votes Speaks: Mandarin*, English Studies: Swedish, Portuguese
| Message 1252 of 2529 26 November 2009 at 4:50am | IP Logged |
W...hmm, there is no w in Swedish...
闻名 (wén míng)
It is chinese meaning 'famous'. 闻 means 'hear' in here, hear about the name so it is famous.(if using 闻 alone, it means 'to smell'.
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Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5565 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian
| Message 1253 of 2529 26 November 2009 at 5:33am | IP Logged |
希望 (xīwàng)
'hope' - Mandarin
Edited by Levi on 26 November 2009 at 5:33am
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formiko Nonaglot Senior Member United States Joined 6209 days ago 848 posts - 855 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Esperanto, Indonesian, Yoruba, Cherokee, Russian, German, French Studies: Mandarin, Ancient Greek
| Message 1254 of 2529 26 November 2009 at 12:31pm | IP Logged |
yé
"to have understandng:,Yoruba
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Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6701 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 1255 of 2529 26 November 2009 at 1:44pm | IP Logged |
Ζωή = Zoi (Greek) - normally written Zoe as a prsonal name, meaning 'life'
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Matteo Diglot Groupie Brazil Joined 5578 days ago 88 posts - 85 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English Studies: ItalianB1, German
| Message 1256 of 2529 26 November 2009 at 6:39pm | IP Logged |
Amor (portuguese and Spanish) Amore (italian) Amour (french)
Love
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