"prince" in seven languages
Meaningprince
Spanish
príncipe
/ˈpɾinθipe/
masc.learned
French
prince
/pʁɛ̃s/
masc.learned
Italian
principe
/ˈprintʃipe/
masc.learned
Portuguese
príncipe
/ˈpɾĩsipi/
masc.learned
Romanian
prinț
/prints/
masc.borrowed · German Prinz (from French prince)
Catalan
príncep
/ˈpɾinsəp/
masc.learned
English
prince
/pɹɪns/
from Latin/French · Old French prince
English → ItalianprinceprincipeCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
PRĪNCIPEM‘the first, the leading man’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
PRĪNCEPS meant 'first in line', the title Augustus took. Spanish and Italian keep all three syllables with the stress on the first; French and English cut it to one.
English relatives: principal, principle, princess
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In a sentence
- esEl príncipe vive en un castillo.
- frLe prince vit dans un château.
- itIl principe vive in un castello.
- ptO príncipe mora num castelo.
- roPrințul locuiește într-un castel.
- caEl príncep viu en un castell.
- enThe prince lives in a castle.