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lider
leader /liˈder/
noun#1551 most common
Also: front-runner, market leader (in business contexts)
Example sentences
El este liderul echipei.
He is the leader of the team.
Liderii țării s-au întâlnit ieri.
The country's leaders met yesterday.
Ea a devenit liderul partidului anul trecut.
She became the leader of the party last year.
Compania noastră este liderul pieței în domeniul tehnologiei.
Our company is the market leader in technology.
Liderii mondiali discută schimbările climatice la summit.
World leaders are discussing climate change at the summit.
Fără un lider charismatic, mișcarea și-ar fi pierdut din avânt.
Without a charismatic leader, the movement would have lost its momentum.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lider | lideri |
| Genitive | liderului | liderilor |
| Accusative | lider | lideri |
| Vocative | liderule | lideri |
Word family
liderleader
liderăfemale leader (informal, not fully standard)
co-liderco-leader
lider de opinieopinion leader
lider de piațămarket leader
Etymology
Lider is a direct borrowing from English leader, taken into Romanian in the late 19th and early 20th centuries through political and journalistic language. The English word itself traces back through Old English lædan, to go before or guide, from a Germanic root tied to the idea of showing the way. Romanian adapted the spelling and pronunciation to fit its own phonetic rules rather than keeping the English form intact.
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