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extern
external /eksˈtern/
adjective#4571 most common
Also: foreign (as in foreign trade/affairs), outward, day student (as a noun, opposite of boarder)
Example sentences
Am cumpărat un hard disk extern.
I bought an external hard disk.
Acest medicament este doar pentru uz extern.
This medicine is for external use only.
Elevul este extern, deci nu locuiește la internat.
The pupil is a day student, so he doesn't live at the boarding school.
Comerțul extern al țării a crescut anul acesta.
The country's foreign trade grew this year.
Datoria externă a statului a atins un nivel îngrijorător.
The state's external debt reached a worrying level.
Politica externă promovată de guvern a fost criticată de opoziție pentru lipsa de coerență.
The foreign policy pursued by the government was criticized by the opposition for its lack of coherence.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | extern | externi |
| Genitive | extern | externi |
| Accusative | extern | externi |
| Vocative | extern | externi |
Word family
interninternal, inner (antonym)
externaredischarge (from a hospital)
a externato discharge a patient
externalizareoutsourcing
externalizatoutsourced
Etymology
Romanian "extern" came from French "externe" during the 19th-century wave of French and relatinized vocabulary. French "externe" traces to Latin "externus", meaning outward or foreign, built on "exter" (outer), itself formed from the preposition "ex" (out of). The word kept its formal, administrative and technical flavor as it passed into Romanian.
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