"opinion" in seven languages

Meaningopinion

Spanish

opinión

/opiˈnjon/

fem.learned

French

opinion

/ɔpinjɔ̃/

fem.learned

Italian

opinione

/opiˈnjone/

fem.learned

Portuguese

opinião

/opiniˈɐ̃w/

fem.learned

Romanian

opinie

/oˈpinje/

fem.learned

In conversation, părere is more common: după părerea mea 'in my opinion'.

Catalan

opinió

/upiniˈo/

fem.learned

English

opinion

/əˈpɪnjən/

from Latin/French · Old French opinion

English → ItalianopinionopinioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

OPĪNIŌNEM‘belief, supposition’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

Like -TIŌNEM, the plain -IŌNEM ending maps to -ión, -ion, -ione. In conversation, 'in my opinion' is often en mi opinión / à mon avis / secondo me.

English relatives: opinion, opine