How To Say “Umbrella” In Different Languages
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Have you ever wondered why the "u-word" umbrella is the go-to example in school when learning the sound of the letter U? I only started wondering about this recently when I grabbed mine to pick up the mail in the rain. Yeah, yeah. I didn’t have to pick up mail in a downpour, but I wanted to for the plot. So, please save your “I told you so” for later. Thanks.
I don’t know who first came up with the English word, but I think it has a nice ring to it. Just say and listen to it: umbrella. The word “umbrella” comes from the Latin word umbra, which means shade. Strangely enough, umbrellas do offer some sort of shade. Wow, what a coincidence.
Despite its many uses, rain, shine, or even as a fashion accessory in 18th-century Europe, you can also use this handheld, folding protector to shield you from bugs and other unwanted things. Just maybe… maybe, don’t open one indoors or else you might get unlucky. You don’t want that, do you?
- English: umbrella (um-breh-luh)
- French: le parapluie (luh pah-rah-ploo-ee)
- Italian: l'ombrello (lohm-breh-loh)
- Tagalog: payong (pah-yong)
- German: der Regenschirm (dehr ray-gun-sheerm)
- Dutch: de paraplu (duh pah-rah-ploo)
- Polish: parasol (pah-rah-sol)
- Russian: зонт (zont)
- Swedish: paraplyet (pah-rah-plee-et)
- Brazilian Portuguese: o guarda-chuva (oo gwar-dah shoo-vah)
- Norwegian: paraplyen (pah-rah-plee-en)
- Japanese: かさ (ka-sa)
- Hindi: छतरी (chuh-tree)
- Turkish: şemsiye (shem-see-yeh)
- Indonesian: payung (pah-yung)
- Mandarin Chinese: 伞 (san)
- European Portuguese: o guarda-chuva (oo gwar-dah shoo-vah)
- Spanish: el paraguas (el pah-rah-gwahs)
- Vietnamese: ô (oh)
- Finnish: sateenvarjo (sah-tehn-vahr-yoh)
- Greek: η ομπρέλα (ee om-breh-lah)
- Arabic: المظلة (al-mi-zal-lah)
- Icelandic: regnhlífin (rayk-nleef-in)
- Korean: 우산 (oo-san)
- Danish: paraplyen (pah-rah-plee-en)
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