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apel
call /aˈpel/
noun#777 most common
Also: appeal, roll call, summons
Example sentences
Am un apel pierdut.
I have a missed call.
Te sun mai târziu, acum sunt într-un apel.
I'll call you later, I'm on a call right now.
Profesorul face apelul la începutul orei.
The teacher takes roll call at the start of class.
Avocatul ei a depus apel împotriva deciziei instanței.
Her lawyer filed an appeal against the court's decision.
Guvernul a lansat un apel public la reducerea consumului de energie.
The government issued a public appeal to reduce energy consumption.
În ciuda apelurilor repetate ale organizațiilor umanitare, comunitatea internațională a rămas surprinzător de pasivă.
Despite the repeated appeals of humanitarian organizations, the international community remained surprisingly passive.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | apel | apeluri |
| Genitive | apelului | apelurilor |
| Accusative | apel | apeluri |
| Vocative | apel | apeluri |
Word family
a apelato call, to appeal to
apelantappellant, person who files an appeal
apelativappellative, relating to naming or calling
inapelabilunappealable, final
apeluricalls, appeals (plural)
Etymology
Romanian "apel" entered the language in the nineteenth century, part of a wave of French borrowings that modernized Romanian vocabulary. It comes from French "appel" (a calling, a summons), which traces to Old French "apeler" and ultimately to Latin "appellare," meaning to call upon or address. That Latin verb is built from "ad-" (toward) and "pellere" (to drive, to push). The old sense of driving someone to respond by calling out survives today in a phone call, a roll call, and a legal appeal.
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