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domiciliu
domicile (official place of residence) /do.mi.ˈtʃi.li.u/
noun#4720 most common
Also: residence, home address, legal residence
Example sentences
Acesta este domiciliul meu.
This is my place of residence.
Trebuie să îmi schimb domiciliul.
I need to change my address of residence.
Poliția a verificat domiciliul suspectului.
The police checked the suspect's residence.
Actul de identitate conține adresa de domiciliu.
The ID card lists the residential address.
Instanța a dispus arestul la domiciliu pentru inculpat.
The court ordered house arrest for the defendant.
Stabilirea unui domiciliu stabil este obligatorie pentru obținerea buletinului.
Establishing a fixed permanent residence is mandatory for obtaining an ID card.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | domiciliu | domicilii |
| Genitive | domiciliului | domiciliilor |
| Accusative | domiciliu | domicilii |
| Vocative | domiciliu | domicilii |
Word family
domicilierethe act of establishing residence; also used for direct debit in banking
domiciliardomiciliary, home-based (as in percheziție domiciliară, home search)
a domiciliato reside, to be domiciled
reședințăresidence (near-synonym, often for temporary or secondary address)
Etymology
Domiciliu comes from Latin domicilium, a legal term for a person's fixed dwelling place. Romanian borrowed it as a learned word, likely reinforced through French domicile, rather than inheriting it through everyday spoken Latin. This is why it feels formal and bureaucratic in Romanian, unlike the everyday word casă (house).
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