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defect
defect, flaw /deˈfekt/
noun#3372 most common
Also: fault, shortcoming, malfunction
Example sentences
Telefonul meu are un defect.
My phone has a defect.
Televizorul este defect.
The TV is broken.
Produsele cu defecte nu pot fi vândute.
Products with defects cannot be sold.
Aceste piese sunt defecte și trebuie înlocuite imediat.
These parts are defective and must be replaced immediately.
Fiecare dintre noi are mici defecte, iar asta ne face umani.
Each of us has small flaws, and that makes us human.
Defectul congenital al inimii a fost depistat abia după naștere, ceea ce a complicat considerabil tratamentul copilului.
The congenital heart defect was detected only after birth, which considerably complicated the child's treatment.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | defect | defecte |
| Genitive | defectului | defectelor |
| Accusative | defect | defecte |
| Vocative | defect | defecte |
Word family
defectato break down, malfunction
defectuosfaulty, defective
defecțiunemalfunction, technical breakdown
indefectibilunfailing, infallible (literary)
Etymology
Defect entered Romanian in the nineteenth century as part of a wave of French and Latin borrowings that modernized Romanian scientific and abstract vocabulary. It traces to Latin defectus, a noun built from the verb deficere, meaning 'to fail, to run short.' Deficere itself joins the prefix de- ('away, down') with facere ('to do, to make'), so the word literally points to something that falls short of being properly made. English 'defect' and Romanian 'defect' are close cognates, both descending from that same Latin source.
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