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curiozitate
curiosity /ku.ri.o.zi.ˈta.te/
noun#4638 most common
Also: curious object, oddity
Example sentences
Copilul are multă curiozitate.
The child has a lot of curiosity.
Din curiozitate, am deschis cutia.
Out of curiosity, I opened the box.
Profesoara a stârnit curiozitatea elevilor.
The teacher sparked the students' curiosity.
Curiozitatea ei pentru știință a determinat-o să studieze fizica.
Her curiosity about science led her to study physics.
Muzeul găzduiește tot felul de curiozități istorice.
The museum houses all kinds of historical curiosities.
Curiozitatea, deși adesea taxată drept un defect, este de fapt motorul oricărei descoperiri științifice.
Curiosity, though often dismissed as a flaw, is in fact the engine of every scientific discovery.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | curiozitate | curiozități |
| Genitive | curiozități | curiozități |
| Accusative | curiozitate | curiozități |
| Vocative | curiozitate | curiozități |
Word family
curioscurious (masculine)
curioasăcurious (feminine)
curiozitățicuriosities, interesting objects or facts
a stârni curiozitateato arouse someone's curiosity
Etymology
Curiozitate entered Romanian in the 19th century as part of the wave of French and Latin borrowings that modernized the language. It traces to Latin curiositas, curiositatem, itself built from curiosus ("careful, inquisitive") plus the abstract-noun suffix -itas. The immediate model was likely French curiosité, adapted with the native Romanian suffix -itate.
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