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libertate
freedom /li.ber.ˈta.te/
noun#1273 most common
Also: liberty, release (from confinement)
Example sentences
Libertatea este importantă.
Freedom is important.
Copiii au nevoie de libertate.
Children need freedom.
El a luptat pentru libertatea țării sale.
He fought for the freedom of his country.
Libertatea de exprimare este un drept fundamental.
Freedom of expression is a fundamental right.
Statul garantează libertatea individuală, dar impune anumite limite.
The state guarantees individual freedom, but imposes certain limits.
Filozofii au dezbătut secole la rând dacă libertatea de voință este compatibilă cu determinismul.
Philosophers have debated for centuries whether free will is compatible with determinism.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | libertate | libertăți |
| Genitive | libertății | libertăților |
| Accusative | libertate | libertăți |
| Vocative | libertate | libertăți |
Word family
liberfree
a eliberato free, to release
eliberareliberation, releaselibertarlibertarian
eliberatfreed, released
Etymology
Libertate comes from Latin libertas, libertatem, built on liber, meaning free. Romanian took the word into its modern vocabulary in the 19th century, when scholars reshaped the language by borrowing directly from Latin and French to replace or supplement older Slavic and Greek terms. The French liberté likely reinforced the borrowing. The result sits alongside native Romanian words as one of many learned Latin-based terms adopted during that period.
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