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complex (a group of buildings or facilities built for one purpose) /komˈpleks/
noun#2807 most common
Also: complicated, having many parts (adjective use), a psychological complex (e.g. inferiority complex)
Example sentences
Complexul are o piscină mare.
The complex has a large pool.
Locuim într-un complex rezidențial nou.
We live in a new residential complex.
Copiii se joacă în complexul sportiv din cartier.
The children play in the neighborhood's sports complex.
Ea suferă de un complex de inferioritate.
She suffers from an inferiority complex.
Primăria a inaugurat un complex comercial modern lângă gară.
The city hall opened a modern commercial complex near the station.
Arhitectura complexului balnear, ridicat pe ruinele unei foste stațiuni termale romane, impresionează prin combinația dintre modernitate și istorie.
The architecture of the spa complex, built on the ruins of a former Roman thermal resort, impresses through its mix of modernity and history.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | complex | complexe |
| Genitive | complexului | complexelor |
| Accusative | complex | complexe |
| Vocative | complexule | complexelor |
Word family
complexitatecomplexity
complexatself-conscious, weighed down by a complex
a se complexato develop an inferiority complex, to feel inadequate
necomplexatuninhibited, free of complexes
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "complex" from French "complexe", which goes back to Latin "complexus", the past participle of "complecti", meaning to embrace or encompass. That verb combines "com-" (together) with "plectere" (to weave or braid). The core image is of separate strands woven into one whole, which explains both the adjective sense (many parts joined) and the noun sense (a set of buildings joined by one purpose).
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