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benjamin
the youngest member (of a family, team, or group) /ben.ʒaˈmin/
noun#4454 most common
Also: youngest child, baby of the group
Example sentences
El este benjaminul familiei.
He is the youngest of the family.
Maria este benjamina echipei de dans.
Maria is the youngest member of the dance team.
Benjaminul echipei a marcat primul gol.
The team's youngest player scored the first goal.
Fiind benjaminul clasei, a fost mereu protejat de colegii mai mari.
Being the youngest in the class, he was always looked after by the older classmates.
Ca benjamin al delegației, i s-a acordat multă atenție din partea presei.
As the youngest member of the delegation, he got a lot of attention from the press.
Deși era doar benjaminul consiliului de administrație, opiniile sale au cântărit greu în decizii.
Although he was only the youngest member of the board, his opinions carried real weight in decisions.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | benjaminul | benjaminii |
| Genitive | benjaminului | benjaminilor |
| Accusative | benjaminul | benjaminii |
| Vocative | benjaminule | benjaminilor |
Word family
benjaminăyoungest female member (feminine form)
BeniaminRomanian form of the biblical name Benjamin
Etymology
The word came into Romanian from French "benjamin," which itself derives from the biblical name Benjamin, the youngest of Jacob's twelve sons in the Old Testament. In French the personal name became a common noun for "youngest child" as early as the 17th century, and Romanian borrowed this figurative sense along with the word during the 19th and 20th centuries, a period of heavy French lexical influence.
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