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individ
individual (a person, often with a suspicious or dismissive tone) /indiˈvid/
noun#2267 most common
Also: guy, character, subject (in a report)
Example sentences
Individul acesta este înalt.
This guy is tall.
Un individ ciudat a intrat în magazin.
A strange individual walked into the store.
Poliția caută un individ suspect.
The police are looking for a suspicious individual.
Nimeni nu știe cine este acel individ misterios.
Nobody knows who that mysterious individual is.
Individul în cauză a fost reținut de autorități pentru interogatoriu.
The individual in question was detained by the authorities for questioning.
Comportamentul indivizilor implicați în incident ridică semne de întrebare cu privire la motivele lor reale.
The behavior of the individuals involved in the incident raises questions about their real motives.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | individul | indivizii |
| Genitive | individului | indivizilor |
| Accusative | individul | indivizii |
| Vocative | individule | indivizilor |
Word family
individualindividual, personal
individualitateindividuality
individualismindividualism
individualistindividualist
a individualizato individualize, to single out
Etymology
Romanian took "individ" from French "individu" in the 19th century, part of a wave of French borrowings that modernized Romanian vocabulary. The French word goes back to Latin "individuus", meaning indivisible, built from the negative prefix "in-" and "dividuus" (divisible), from the verb "dividere" (to divide). The sense shifted from a philosophical term for an indivisible unit to the ordinary word for a single person, and in everyday Romanian it often carries a wary or dismissive edge.
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