"priority" in seven languages
Meaningpriority
Spanish
prioridad
/pɾjoɾiˈdad/
fem.learned
French
priorité
/pʁijɔʁite/
fem.learned
Also right of way on the road: priorité à droite.
Italian
priorità
/prjoriˈta/
fem.learned
Portuguese
prioridade
/pɾjoɾiˈdadʒi/
fem.learned
Romanian
prioritate
/prioriˈtate/
fem.learned
Catalan
prioritat
/pɾiuɾiˈtat/
fem.learned
English
priority
/pɹaɪˈɔɹəti/
from Latin/French · Old French priorité (Medieval Latin PRIŌRITĀS)
English → ItalianpriorityprioritàCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
PRIŌRITĀTEM (Medieval Latin)‘precedence, being first’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A medieval coinage on PRIOR 'former, first'. Even as a learned word it wears each language's regular -TĀTEM ending: -dad, -té, -tà, -ty.
English relatives: prior, priory, prime
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In a sentence
- esLa seguridad es nuestra prioridad.
- frLa sécurité est notre priorité.
- itLa sicurezza è la nostra priorità.
- ptA segurança é a nossa prioridade.
- roSiguranța este prioritatea noastră.
- caLa seguretat és la nostra prioritat.
- enSafety is our priority.