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compromis

compromise /kom.proˈmis/

noun#4338 most common

Also: compromised (as adjective/past participle of "a compromite"), settlement

Example sentences

Am făcut un compromis.
I made a compromise.
Căsnicia noastră se bazează pe compromis.
Our marriage is based on compromise.
Viața de cuplu presupune multe compromisuri.
Married life requires many compromises.
Compromisul la care au ajuns a mulțumit pe toată lumea.
The compromise they reached satisfied everyone.
Fără un compromis rezonabil, negocierile riscă să eșueze.
Without a reasonable compromise, the negotiations risk failing.
Istoricii dezbat dacă acel compromis politic a fost, de fapt, o capitulare mascată.
Historians debate whether that political compromise was, in fact, a disguised capitulation.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativecompromisulcompromisurile
Genitivecompromisuluicompromisurilor
Accusativecompromisulcompromisurile
Vocativecompromisulecompromisurilor

Word family

a compromiteto compromise, to jeopardize
compromițătorcompromising, incriminating
compromiterethe act of compromising (someone/something)
compromisuricompromises (plural)

Etymology

Romanian borrowed "compromis" from French "compromis", which goes back to Latin "compromissum", a mutual pledge to accept an arbiter's decision. The Latin noun comes from "compromittere", built from "com-" (together) and "promittere" (to promise). The word entered Romanian in the 19th century as part of the wave of French and Latin vocabulary that modernized the language.

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