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accidental
accidental /akt͡ʃidenˈtal/
adjective#5704 most common
Also: accidentally (adverbial use), unintentional, incidental
Example sentences
Am vărsat cafeaua accidental.
I spilled the coffee accidentally.
A fost o întâlnire accidentală între ei.
It was an accidental meeting between them.
Descoperirea penicilinei a fost accidentală.
The discovery of penicillin was accidental.
Contactul accidental cu pielea poate provoca o reacție alergică.
Accidental contact with the skin can cause an allergic reaction.
Scurgerile accidentale de informații confidențiale au dus la o anchetă internă.
Accidental leaks of confidential information led to an internal investigation.
Deși vătămarea a fost accidentală, instanța a considerat că neglijența agravează răspunderea civilă.
Although the injury was accidental, the court held that negligence aggravates civil liability.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | accidental (m) / accidentală (f) | accidentali (m) / accidentale (f) |
| Genitive | accidental (m) / accidentale (f) | accidentali (m) / accidentale (f) |
| Accusative | accidental (m) / accidentală (f) | accidentali (m) / accidentale (f) |
| Vocative | accidental (m) / accidentală (f) | accidentali (m) / accidentale (f) |
Word family
accidentaccident, mishap
accidentato injure, to damage (in an accident)
accidentatinjured, damaged, wrecked
accidentarethe act of being injured or damaged
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "accidental" from French "accidentel" during the 19th-century modernization of the language, when many abstract and technical terms were imported from French and Latin. The ultimate source is Latin "accidentalis", built on "accidens" ("happening, befalling"), the present participle of "accidere", itself from "ad-" ("toward") plus "cadere" ("to fall"). The core sense, something that falls upon you rather than something you plan, survives intact in the modern word.
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