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exemplu

example /eɡˈzemplu/

noun#1026 most common

Also: instance, sample, model (to follow)

Example sentences

Acesta este un exemplu simplu.
This is a simple example.
Poți să-mi dai un exemplu?
Can you give me an example?
Profesorul a scris exemplul pe tablă.
The teacher wrote the example on the board.
Am ales câteva exemple pentru a ilustra ideea.
I chose a few examples to illustrate the idea.
Acest caz este un exemplu elocvent al problemelor economice actuale.
This case is a telling example of today's economic problems.
Exemplele invocate de avocat nu au fost suficiente pentru a convinge instanța.
The examples cited by the lawyer were not enough to convince the court.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeexemplulexemplele
Genitiveexempluluiexemplelor
Accusativeexemplulexemplele
Vocativeexempluleexemplelor

Word family

a exemplificato exemplify, to illustrate with examples
exemplarexemplary, model
exemplara copy or specimen
exemplaritateexemplariness, the quality of setting a good model

Etymology

Exemplu comes from Latin exemplum, meaning a sample or model taken from a larger set. That noun is built on eximere, to take out, itself formed from ex- (out) and emere (to take). The word likely reached Romanian both directly from Latin and through the influence of French exemple.

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