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militar
serviceman /mi.liˈtar/
noun#1219 most common
Also: soldier, military (as adjective)
Example sentences
Tatăl meu este militar.
My father is a serviceman.
Militarul poartă o uniformă verde.
The serviceman wears a green uniform.
Baza militară este aproape de oraș.
The military base is near the city.
Mulți militari au participat la paradă.
Many soldiers took part in the parade.
Serviciul militar obligatoriu a fost desființat în România în 2007.
Mandatory military service was abolished in Romania in 2007.
Guvernul a anunțat o creștere a bugetului militar pentru anul viitor, în contextul tensiunilor regionale.
The government announced an increase in the military budget for next year, amid regional tensions.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | militar | militari |
| Genitive | militarului | militarilor |
| Accusative | militar | militari |
| Vocative | militarule | militarilor |
Word family
militato militate, to campaign for a cause
militantactivist; militant
militărimethe military, soldiery as a collective body
militarizato militarize
militarizaremilitarization
Etymology
Militar entered Romanian as a learned borrowing from French militaire, reinforced by the Latin adjective militaris, both built on miles, militis, meaning soldier. Romanian adopted it during the 19th-century wave of French and Latin borrowings that modernized the language's vocabulary. The word kept both its adjectival sense, military, and a nominal sense, a member of the armed forces.
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