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"schedule, timetable" in seven languages

Meaningschedule, timetable

Spanish

horario

/oˈɾaɾjo/

masc.learned

French

horaire

/ɔʁɛʁ/

masc.learned

A school timetable is an emploi du temps.

Italian

orario

/oˈrarjo/

masc.learned

Portuguese

horário

/oˈɾaɾiu/

masc.learned

Romanian

orar

/oˈrar/

neut.learned

The train timetable is usually mersul trenurilor, 'the going of the trains'.

Catalan

horari

/uˈɾaɾi/

masc.learned

English

schedule

/ˈskɛdʒul/

other source · Old French cedule, from Late Latin SCHEDULA 'slip of paper'

English → Italianschedule, timetableorarioNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: hour, horoscope.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

HŌRĀRIUM (from HŌRA 'hour')‘of the hours’

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

The story

The sisters' timetable is simply 'the thing of hours'. Spanish and French keep the silent Latin h in spelling; Italian dropped it.

English relatives: hour, horoscope

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In a sentence

  • esConsulta el horario de trenes.
  • frConsultez les horaires des trains.
  • itControlla l'orario dei treni.
  • ptConfira o horário dos trens.
  • roVerifică orarul trenurilor.
  • caConsulta l'horari dels trens.
  • enCheck the train schedule.

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