What does onore in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word onore in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use onore in Italian.

The word onore in Italian means honour, reputation, self-esteem, honor, hall of fame, bestow honor onto defeated enemy in recognition of their honor and effort in battle, maid of honor, debt of honor, sanctify, do justice, honor one's flag, lap of honor, special honors court, in honor of, cardinal dignity, Legion of Honour, honors of war, guest of honor, guest star, guest of honor, word of honor, place of honor, honor guard, place of honor, unsecured loans, matter of honor, evening in honor of. To learn more, please see the details below.

Listen to pronunciation

Meaning of the word onore

honour

sostantivo maschile (reputazione integerrima) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
L'uomo ha giurato di vendicare l'onore della sua famiglia.
The man swore he would avenge the honour of his family.

reputation, self-esteem

sostantivo maschile (motivo di orgoglio)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Non posso presentarmi alla festa della mia ex moglie, ne va del mio onore.
I can't turn up at my ex-wife's party; it will cost me my self-esteem.

honor

sostantivo maschile (letterario (donna: verginità) (US)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il giovane fu condannato per aver attentato all'onore della ragazza.
The youngster was charged for having threatened the girl's honour.

hall of fame

bestow honor onto defeated enemy in recognition of their honor and effort in battle

maid of honor

(US)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

debt of honor

sostantivo maschile (gratitudine per aiuto ricevuto) (US)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

sanctify

do justice

honor one's flag

lap of honor

special honors court

(Italian justice system)

in honor of

cardinal dignity

Legion of Honour

honors of war

guest of honor, guest star

sostantivo maschile (celebrità invitata)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

guest of honor

(the most important guest)

word of honor

place of honor

(sports)

honor guard

place of honor

unsecured loans

(student loans, for example)

matter of honor

evening in honor of

Let's learn Italian

So now that you know more about the meaning of onore in Italian, you can learn how to use them through selected examples and how to read them. And remember to learn the related words that we suggest. Our website is constantly updating with new words and new examples so you can look up the meanings of other words you don't know in Italian.

Do you know about Italian

Italian (italiano) is a Romance language and is spoken by about 70 million people, most of whom live in Italy. Italian uses the Latin alphabet. The letters J, K, W, X and Y do not exist in the standard Italian alphabet, but they still appear in loanwords from Italian. Italian is the second most widely spoken in the European Union with 67 million speakers (15% of the EU population) and it is spoken as a second language by 13.4 million EU citizens (3%). Italian is the principal working language of the Holy See, serving as the lingua franca in the Roman Catholic hierarchy. An important event that helped to the spread of Italian was Napoleon's conquest and occupation of Italy in the early 19th century. This conquest spurred the unification of Italy several decades later and pushed the language of the Italian language. Italian became a language used not only among secretaries, aristocrats and the Italian courts, but also by the bourgeoisie.