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ordin

order (an official command or directive) /ˈor.din/

noun#700 most common

Also: decree/directive (administrative), order (rank or category, as in 'order of magnitude'), professional order/association

Example sentences

Am primit un ordin.
I received an order.
Ordinul a venit de la comandant.
The order came from the commander.
Soldații au executat ordinul imediat.
The soldiers carried out the order immediately.
Ministrul a semnat un ordin de urgență.
The minister signed an emergency decree.
Poliția a acționat la ordinul procurorului.
The police acted on the prosecutor's order.
Diferența dintre cele două valori este de un ordin de mărime.
The difference between the two values is an order of magnitude.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeordinordine
Genitiveordinuluiordinelor
Accusativeordinordine
Vocativeordinuleordinelor

Word family

ordonato order, to command
ordonatorderly, tidy
ordonanțăordinance, government decree
dezordinedisorder, mess
ordinarvulgar, crude (semantic drift from 'ordinary')

Etymology

Romanian borrowed "ordin" from French "ordre", reinforced by the learned Latin form "ordo, ordinis". Both trace to the same Latin root that gives English "order" through Old French. The word entered Romanian in the modern era, alongside many administrative and military terms taken from French.

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