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minus
minus /ˈmi.nus/
noun#5417 most common
Also: drawback, downside, below zero
Example sentences
Cinci minus doi fac trei.
Five minus two makes three.
Afară sunt minus zece grade.
It's minus ten degrees outside.
Fiecare telefon are un plus și un minus.
Every phone has a pro and a con.
Prețul mare este singurul minus al acestei mașini.
The high price is this car's only drawback.
Am scris pe listă toate plusurile și minusurile ofertei.
I wrote down all the pros and cons of the offer on the list.
Dincolo de câteva minusuri minore, raportul evaluează corect impactul proiectului asupra bugetului.
Apart from a few minor drawbacks, the report correctly assesses the project's impact on the budget.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | minusul | minusurile |
| Genitive | minusului | minusurilor |
| Accusative | minusul | minusurile |
| Vocative | minusule | minusurilor |
Word family
Etymology
Romanian took "minus" straight from Latin during the 19th century, when scholars rebuilt the language's vocabulary using Latin and French sources. The word kept its original form and its core sense of "less," first for subtraction and negative values, later as a noun for a shortcoming, on the model of its antonym "plus," which entered Romanian the same way.
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