"award, prize" in seven languages
Meaningaward, prize
Spanish
premio
/ˈpɾemjo/
masc.learned
French
prix
/pʁi/
masc.other source · Latin PRETIUM 'price, value'
Prix also means 'price'.
Italian
premio
/ˈprɛmjo/
masc.learned
Portuguese
prêmio
/ˈpɾemiu/
masc.learned
European Portuguese spells it prémio.
Romanian
premiu
/ˈpremju/
neut.learned
Catalan
premi
/ˈpɾɛmi/
masc.learned
English
award
/əˈwɔɹd/
other source · Anglo-Norman awarder 'to decide, judge'
English → Italianaward, prizepremioNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: premium.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
PRAEMIUM‘reward, booty’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spanish and Italian reward with PRAEMIUM; French uses PRETIUM 'price', the source of English prize too. Spanish keeps the two apart: premio 'prize', precio 'price'.
English relatives: premium
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In a sentence
- esGanó un premio por su primera novela.
- frElle a reçu un prix pour son premier roman.
- itHa vinto un premio per il suo primo romanzo.
- ptEla ganhou um prêmio pelo seu primeiro romance.
- roA câștigat un premiu pentru primul ei roman.
- caVa guanyar un premi per la seva primera novel·la.
- enShe won an award for her first novel.