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convenabil

convenient /kon.veˈna.bil/

adjective#5741 most common

Also: suitable, favorable

Example sentences

Prețul este convenabil.
The price is convenient.
Avem o oră convenabilă pentru întâlnire?
Do we have a convenient time for the meeting?
Acest apartament este foarte convenabil pentru familia noastră.
This apartment is very convenient for our family.
Nu este convenabil să plecăm acum.
It's not convenient for us to leave now.
Condițiile contractului nu sunt convenabile pentru angajați.
The contract terms are not favorable for the employees.
Deși soluția pare convenabilă pe termen scurt, ar putea genera probleme pe termen lung.
Although the solution seems convenient in the short term, it could cause problems in the long run.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeconvenabil (m) / convenabilă (f)convenabili (m) / convenabile (f)
Genitiveconvenabil (m) / convenabile (f)convenabili (m) / convenabile (f)
Accusativeconvenabil (m) / convenabilă (f)convenabili (m) / convenabile (f)
Vocativeconvenabil (m) / convenabilă (f)convenabili (m) / convenabile (f)

Word family

convenito suit, to be convenient, to agree
neconvenabilinconvenient, unsuitable
convenabilitateconvenience, suitability
convențieconvention, agreement
convenabilconveniently (rare, colloquial use)

Etymology

Convenabil entered Romanian in the 1800s as part of a wave of French borrowings that modernized the language's vocabulary. It comes from French convenable, which traces back to Latin convenire, built from con- ('together') and venire ('to come'). The core sense is 'to come together' or 'to agree,' which shifted into 'fitting' or 'suitable.'

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