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rapid
fast /raˈpid/
adjective#646 most common
Also: quick, swift, speedy
Example sentences
Trenul este rapid.
The train is fast.
Câinele meu aleargă rapid.
My dog runs fast.
Am nevoie de un răspuns rapid la această întrebare.
I need a quick answer to this question.
Mașina aceasta rapidă a câștigat cursa de ieri.
This fast car won yesterday's race.
Progresele rapide din domeniul tehnologiei transformă profund societatea.
Rapid advances in technology profoundly transform society.
Analiștii rapizi au reușit să anticipeze fluctuațiile bruște ale pieței bursiere.
The quick-thinking analysts managed to anticipate the sudden swings of the stock market.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | rapid | rapizi |
| Genitive | rapid | rapizi |
| Accusative | rapid | rapizi |
| Vocative | rapid | rapizi |
Word family
rapiditatespeed, rapidity
rapidăfast (feminine form)
a răpito abduct, snatch
răpitorpredatory; bird of prey
Etymology
Rapid entered Romanian in the nineteenth century as part of the deliberate re-Latinization of the language, borrowed from French rapide, itself from Latin rapidus. The Latin adjective meant tearing away or hurrying, and it derived from the verb rapere, to seize or snatch. The same Latin root also gave Romanian its native verb a răpi, to abduct.
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