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"prize" in seven languages

Meaningprize

Spanish

premio

/ˈpɾemjo/

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French

prix

/pʁi/

masc.other source · Latin PRETIUM 'price, value'

plural: prix

Prix means both 'price' and 'prize'.

Italian

premio

/ˈprɛmjo/

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Portuguese

prêmio

/ˈpɾemiu/

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Romanian

premiu

/ˈpremju/

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Catalan

premi

/ˈpɾɛmi/

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English

prize

/pɹaɪz/

other source · Old French pris, from Latin PRETIUM 'price'

English → ItalianprizepremioNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: premium.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

PRAEMIUM‘reward’

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

The story

Spanish and Italian give a 'reward' (PRAEMIUM, English premium). French and English go back to PRETIUM 'price', which also gave English price and praise.

English relatives: premium

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In a sentence

  • esGanó el primer premio.
  • frElle a gagné le premier prix.
  • itHa vinto il primo premio.
  • ptEla ganhou o primeiro prêmio.
  • roA câștigat premiul întâi.
  • caVa guanyar el primer premi.
  • enShe won first prize.

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