User:Wavelength/About languages/Similar words
English[edit]
- wikt:can, wikt:can't
- wikt:billion, wikt:million
- wikt:hither, wikt:thither
- wikt:sweet pea, wikt:sweet tea, wikt:unsweet tea
- wikt:dog, wikt:frog, wikt:hog
- wikt:bat, wikt:cat, wikt:rat
- wikt:cow, wikt:sow
- wikt:louse, wikt:mouse
- wikt:lice, wikt:mice
- wikt:goose, wikt:moose
- wikt:fox, wikt:ox
- wikt:porpoise, wikt:tortoise
- wikt:guppy, wikt:puppy
- wikt:goose, wikt:mongoose
- wikt:lion, wikt:sea lion (and other examples with sea--check the dictionary for words starting with sea)
- wikt:beagle, wikt:eagle, wikt:seagull
- wikt:calf, wikt:giraffe
- wikt:foal, wikt:mole, wikt:vole
- wikt:lamb, wikt:ram
- wikt:clam, wikt:salmon
- wikt:auk, wikt:hawk
- wikt:pigeon, wikt:widgeon
- wikt:bear, wikt:hare, wikt:mare
- wikt:buck, wikt:duck
- wikt:beech, wikt:birch
- wikt:pine, wikt:vine
- wikt:berry, wikt:cherry
- wikt:lilac, wikt:violet (colors and flowers)
- wikt:pansy, wikt:tansy
- wikt:Monday, wikt:someday, wikt:Sunday
- wikt:December, wikt:September
- wikt:eye, wikt:high
- wikt:beard, wikt:ear
- wikt:nose, wikt:toes
- wikt:hip, wikt:lip
- wikt:gum, wikt:thumb
- wikt:lungwikt:tongue
- wikt:chin, wikt:shin, wikt:skin
- wikt:breast, wikt:chest
- wikt:artery, wikt:heart rate
- wikt:lad, wikt:lass
- wikt:hyper-, wikt:hypo-
- wikt:defuse, wikt:diffuse
- wikt:homoiousian, wikt:homoousian
- wikt:meiosis, wikt:mitosis
- wikt:stalactite, wikt:stalagmite
- wikt:supplant, wikt:supplement
- wikt:mild, wikt:wild
- wikt:adverse, wikt:averse
- wikt:fame, wikt:shame
- wikt:content, wikt:context
- wikt:mild, wikt:wild
- wikt:loathe, wikt:love
- wikt:lag, wikt:lead
- wikt:laggard, wikt:leader
- wikt:pleasure, wikt:pressure
- wikt:sesquicentennial, sesquincentennial
- wikt:Dermaptera (order of earwigs), wikt:Dermoptera (order of colugos)
French[edit]
- wikt:dessous ("below"), wikt:dessus ("above")
- wikt:sous- ("under-"), wikt:sur- ("over-")
- wikt:est ("east"), wikt:ouest ("west")
- wikt:nez ("nose"), wikt:oreille ("ear")
- wikt:genou ("knee"), wikt:joue ("cheek")
- wikt:dent ("tooth"), wikt:langue ("tongue")
- wikt:bras ("arm"), wikt:doigt ("finger")
- wikt:les héros ("the héros"), wikt:les zéros ("the zeroes")
- wikt:dix ("ten"), wikt:six ("six")
- wikt:mère ("mother"), wikt:père ("father")
- wikt:Aube, wikt:Aude
- wikt:Maine, wikt:Mayenne
- wikt:Ain, Aisne
- wikt:Loir, wikt:Loire
German[edit]
- wikt:drei ("three"), wikt:zwei ("two")
- wikt:Juli ("July"), wikt:Juni ("June")
- wikt:auf ("on"), wikt:aus ("out") (and their compunds)
- wikt:Elbe, wikt:Elde
- wikt:Schritt, wikt:Tritt
Greek[edit]
- wikt:κακός ("bad"), wikt:καλός ("good")
Hindi[edit]
Italian[edit]
- wikt:sei ("six"), wikt:tre ("three")
- wikt:est ("east"), wikt:ovest ("west")
Japanese[edit]
- wikt:ichi ("one"), wikt:shi ("four"), wikt:shichi ("seven")
Latin[edit]
- wikt:ab ("from"), wikt:ad ("to, toward") (and some of their compounds)
- wikt:aperīre ("to open"), wikt:operīre ("to close")
- wikt:dē ("down from"), wikt:ē (out of")
Polish[edit]
- wikt:korzyść ("benefit", noun), wikt:koszt ("cost", noun)
- wikt:miejski ("urban"), wikt:wiejski ("rural")
- wikt:przedrostek ("prefix"), wikt:przyrostek ("suffix")
- wikt:przeszłość ("past"), wikt:przyszłość ("future")
- wikt:równy ("equal"), wikt:różny ("different")
- wikt:wdech ("the act of breathing in"), wikt:wydech ("the act of breathing out")
- wikt:wejście ("entrance"), wikt:wyjście ("exit")
- wikt:wjazd ("entrance"), wikt:wyjazd ("exit")
Portuguese[edit]
- wikt:abelha ("bee"), wikt:ovelha ("sheep")
- wikt:leste ("east"), wikt:oeste ("west")
- wikt:seis ("six"), wikt:três ("three")
- wikt:Julho ("July"), wikt:Junho ("June")
Russian[edit]
- wikt:девять ("nine") and wikt:десять ("ten")
- wikt:глаза ("eyes"), wikt:голова ("head"), wikt:голоса ("voices")
- wikt:голодний ("hungry"), wikt:холодний ("cold")
- wikt:свет ("light"), wikt:цвет ("color")
- wikt:в- ("into"), wikt:вы- ("out of")
- wikt:пока ("for the present time"), wikt:пора ("time")
- wikt:приходить ("to arrive"), wikt:проходить
- wikt:дедский ("of elderly people"), wikt:детский ("of children")
- wikt:весенний ("of spring"), wikt:осенний ("of autumn")
- wikt:междометие ("interjection"), wikt:местоимение ("pronoun")
- wikt:междугородный, wikt:ru:междугородный ("interurban"), wikt:международный ("international")
Spanish[edit]
- wikt:abeja ("bee"), wikt:oveja ("sheep")
- wikt:este ("east"), wikt:oeste ("west")
- wikt:seis ("six"), wikt:tres ("three")
- wikt:Julio ("July"), wikt:Junio ("June")
- wikt:calamar ("squid"), wikt:camarón ("shrimp"), wikt:caracol ("snail")
Ukrainian[edit]
- wikt:Березень ("March"), wikt:Вересень ("September")
Multilingual[edit]
- wikt:raion (multilingual: "district"), wikt:rione (Italian: "quarter, neighborhood")