Learn Romanian › accident
accident
accident /ak.tʃiˈdent/
noun#635 most common
Also: crash, mishap
Example sentences
A fost un accident.
It was an accident.
Am văzut un accident pe stradă.
I saw an accident on the street.
Accidentul a avut loc ieri dimineață.
The accident took place yesterday morning.
Poliția investighează cauzele accidentului.
The police are investigating the causes of the accident.
Numărul accidentelor rutiere a crescut anul acesta.
The number of road accidents has increased this year.
Deși accidentul părea minor la prima vedere, consecințele s-au dovedit a fi mult mai grave decât se anticipase.
Although the accident seemed minor at first sight, the consequences turned out to be much more serious than anticipated.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | accidentul | accidentele |
| Genitive | accidentului | accidentelor |
| Accusative | accidentul | accidentele |
| Vocative | accidentule | accidentelor |
Word family
accidentalaccidental, unintentional
a accidentato injure (someone) in an accident
accidentatinjured, damaged
accidentarethe act of being injured in an accident
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "accident" from French "accident" in the nineteenth century, as part of a wave of Latinate and French vocabulary that reshaped modern Romanian. The French word descends from Latin "accidens", the present participle of "accidere", meaning to fall upon or happen. That verb combines "ad-" (toward) with "cadere" (to fall).
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