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oficial
official /ofiˈtʃal/
adjective#1184 most common
Also: officially (as an adverb), an official / officer (as a noun)
Example sentences
Acesta este un document oficial.
This is an official document.
Rezultatul a fost anunțat oficial.
The result was announced officially.
Limba oficială a țării este româna.
The country's official language is Romanian.
Mai mulți oficiali guvernamentali au participat la summit.
Several government officials attended the summit.
Guvernul nu a comentat oficial pe marginea acuzațiilor.
The government did not comment officially on the accusations.
Deși negocierile s-au încheiat, un acord oficial nu a fost încă semnat, iar autoritățile oficiale rămân reticente în a face declarații publice.
Although the negotiations have ended, an official agreement has not yet been signed, and the official authorities remain reluctant to make public statements.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | oficial | oficiali |
| Genitive | oficial | oficiali |
| Accusative | oficial | oficiali |
| Vocative | oficial | oficiali |
Word family
oficiuoffice, bureau, duty
oficializato make something official
oficialitateofficialdom, officialness
neoficialunofficial
oficiossemi-official, officious
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "oficial" from French "officiel", reinforced by the Latin source "officialis", meaning relating to a duty or office. The Latin root is "officium" (duty, service, office), itself a compound rather than a single ancient root. Romanian took this word during its 19th-century wave of French and Latin borrowings, part of a broad effort to modernize its vocabulary.
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