"fee (paid to a professional)" in seven languages
Meaningfee (paid to a professional)
Spanish
honorarios
/onoˈɾaɾjos/
masc.learned
Plural, as in French.
French
honoraires
/ɔnɔʁɛʁ/
masc.learned
Italian
onorario
/onoˈrarjo/
masc.learned
Singular or plural: l'onorario, gli onorari.
Portuguese
honorários
/onoˈɾaɾjus/
masc.learned
Plural, as in Spanish and French.
Romanian
onorariu
/onoˈrarju/
neut.learned
Catalan
honoraris
/unuˈɾaɾis/
masc.learned
English
fee
/fi/
other source · Anglo-French fee 'fief, payment' (of Germanic origin)
English → Italianfee (paid to a professional)onorarioNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: honorarium, honor, honorary.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
HONŌRĀRIUM‘gift tied to an honour or office’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A doctor's or lawyer's fee is an 'honorarium', once a gift tied to an honour rather than a wage. For tickets and set charges use tarifa / tarif / tariffa or precio / prix / prezzo.
English relatives: honorarium, honor, honorary
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In a sentence
- esLos honorarios del abogado son altos.
- frLes honoraires de l'avocat sont élevés.
- itGli onorari dell'avvocato sono alti.
- ptOs honorários do advogado são altos.
- roOnorariul avocatului este mare.
- caEls honoraris de l'advocat són alts.
- enThe lawyer's fees are high.
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