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indiciu

clue /inˈdi.t͡ʃju/

noun#1582 most common

Also: hint, indication, lead

Example sentences

Acesta este un indiciu.
This is a clue.
Am găsit un indiciu important.
I found an important clue.
Poliția a descoperit indiciul lipsă.
The police discovered the missing clue.
Indiciile adunate la fața locului nu erau suficiente pentru o condamnare.
The clues gathered at the scene were not enough for a conviction.
Fără niciun indiciu concret, ancheta a stagnat luni de zile.
Without any concrete clue, the investigation stalled for months.
Detectivul a reconstituit întregul lanț de evenimente pornind de la un singur indiciu aparent nesemnificativ.
The detective reconstructed the entire chain of events starting from a single, seemingly insignificant clue.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeindiciuindicii
Genitiveindiciuluiindiciilor
Accusativeindiciuindicii
Vocativeindiciuindicii

Word family

a indicato indicate, to point out
indicatorindicator, signpost, gauge
indicativindicative; also the indicative mood
indiceindex (finger, or a statistical index)

Etymology

Indiciu comes from Latin indicium, meaning a sign, a disclosure, or evidence pointing to something. Indicium itself derives from index, indicis, the Latin word for a pointer or indicator, built on the verb indicare, to point out or make known. Romanian borrowed the word directly from Latin (reinforced by French and Italian usage) as part of the modern learned vocabulary that entered the language in the 19th century.

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