"official" in seven languages
Meaningofficial
Spanish
oficial
/ofiˈθjal/
learned
French
officiel
/ɔfisjɛl/
learned
fem.: officielle
Italian
ufficiale
/uffiˈtʃale/
learned
The u- follows ufficio 'office'.
Portuguese
oficial
/ofisiˈaw/
learned
Romanian
oficial
/ofitʃiˈal/
learned
Catalan
oficial
/ufisiˈal/
learned
English
official
/əˈfɪʃəl/
from Latin/French · Old French official, Latin OFFICIĀLIS
English → ItalianofficialufficialeCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
OFFICIĀLEM‘of duty, of an office’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
As nouns, es oficial and it ufficiale also mean an army officer; French uses a separate word, officier. OFFICIUM 'duty' is a compound of OPUS 'work' and FACERE 'to do'.
English relatives: office, officer, officious
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In a sentence
- esEs oficial: ¡nos mudamos a Roma!
- frC'est officiel : on déménage à Rome !
- itÈ ufficiale: ci trasferiamo a Roma!
- ptÉ oficial: vamos nos mudar para Roma!
- roE oficial: ne mutăm la Roma!
- caÉs oficial: ens mudem a Roma!
- enIt's official: we're moving to Rome!
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