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folos
use, benefit /foˈlos/
noun#1654 most common
Also: usefulness, advantage, good (as in common good)
Example sentences
Cartea aceasta mi-a fost de mare folos.
This book was very useful to me.
Sfaturile tale mi-au fost de folos.
Your advice was useful to me.
Nu are niciun folos să te superi acum.
There is no use getting angry now.
Am tras multe foloase din experiența aceasta.
I gained many benefits from this experience.
Care este folosul unei educații fără aplicare practică?
What is the use of an education without practical application?
Statul ar trebui să acționeze spre folosul comun al cetățenilor.
The state should act for the common good of its citizens.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | folos | foloase |
| Genitive | folosului | foloaselor |
| Accusative | folos | foloase |
| Vocative | folos | foloase |
Word family
a folosito use
folositoruseful
nefolositoruseless
folosințăuse, usage (often in legal contexts, e.g. right of use)
de folosuseful, of use (fixed expression)
Etymology
Folos entered Romanian from Old Church Slavonic polьza, meaning benefit or advantage. It arrived through the long period of Slavic-Romanian contact in the medieval period, alongside many other everyday and administrative terms. The word kept its core sense of practical usefulness and is now fully native, with a productive family including the verb a folosi (to use).
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