"honour" in seven languages
Meaninghonour
Spanish
honor
/oˈnoɾ/
masc.learned
Its inherited doublet is honra.
French
honneur
/ɔnœʁ/
masc.inherited
Italian
onore
/oˈnore/
masc.inherited
Portuguese
honra
/ˈõhɐ/
fem.inherited
The inherited doublet, like Spanish honra; learned honor also exists.
Romanian
onoare
/oˈno̯are/
fem.learned
Catalan
honor
/uˈno/
masc.inherited
Final -r is silent in Central Catalan.
English
honor
/ˈɑnɚ/
from Latin/French · Anglo-French onur
English → ItalianhonouronoreCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
HONŌREM‘honour, public office’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Latin h was silent long before the sisters existed; Spanish and French still write it, Italian dropped it. Spanish has a doublet: learned honor beside the inherited honra (reputation).
English relatives: honour, honest, honorary
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In a sentence
- esEs un honor.
- frC'est un honneur.
- itÈ un onore.
- ptÉ uma honra.
- roE o onoare.
- caÉs un honor.
- enIt's an honour.