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autoritațe
authority /au̯.to.riˈta.te/
noun#3772 most common
Also: power to command, official body in charge
Example sentences
El are autoritate.
He has authority.
Profesorul vorbește cu autoritate.
The teacher speaks with authority.
Autoritatea locală a decis să închidă parcul.
The local authority decided to close the park.
Autoritățile au anunțat noi măsuri de siguranță.
The authorities announced new safety measures.
Deciziile autorității centrale sunt adesea contestate de cetățeni.
The decisions of the central authority are often contested by citizens.
Legitimitatea autorității statului derivă din consimțământul guvernaților, nu din simpla forță.
The legitimacy of the state's authority derives from the consent of the governed, not from mere force.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | autoritate | autorități |
| Genitive | autorității | autorităților |
| Accusative | autoritate | autorități |
| Vocative | autoritate | autorități |
Word family
autorauthor
a autorizato authorize
autoritarauthoritarian, domineering
autoritarismauthoritarianism
autorizațiepermit, license
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "autoritate" from French "autorité" and Latin "auctoritas" during the 19th-century re-Latinization of the language, when many native Slavic-influenced terms were replaced or supplemented by French and Latin loans. The Latin root "auctor" (originator, guarantor) itself comes from the verb "augere", meaning to increase or bring about. The spelling with "ț" instead of "t" seen in some older texts reflects an earlier, now obsolete orthographic convention; the standard modern form is "autoritate".
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