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instinct
instinct /inˈstinkt/
noun#2500 most common
Also: gut feeling, impulse
Example sentences
Pisica are instinct de vânătoare.
The cat has a hunting instinct.
Instinctul matern este foarte puternic.
Maternal instinct is very strong.
Trebuie să îți asculți instinctul în situații periculoase.
You must listen to your instinct in dangerous situations.
Animalele sălbatice își urmează instinctele pentru a supraviețui.
Wild animals follow their instincts to survive.
Instinctul de conservare l-a făcut să fugă imediat din clădirea în flăcări.
The survival instinct made him flee immediately from the burning building.
Deși raționamentul ei era impecabil, decizia finală a fost dictată în cele din urmă de un instinct pe care nu-l putea explica pe deplin.
Although her reasoning was impeccable, the final decision was ultimately dictated by an instinct she could not fully explain.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | instinct | instincte |
| Genitive | instinctului | instinctelor |
| Accusative | instinct | instincte |
| Vocative | instinct | instincte |
Word family
instinctivinstinctive
instinctivinstinctively
instinctualinstinctual (less common variant)
a instigato instigate (related root, not derived directly)
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "instinct" from French, which took it from Latin instinctus, meaning an impulse or instigation. The Latin word comes from instinguere, "to incite," built from in- plus stinguere, "to goad or prick." The same Latin root, through different paths, also gave English words like "stick" and "instigate."
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