Learn Romanian › secol
secol
century /ˈse.kol/
noun#1316 most common
Also: age, era
Example sentences
Acest secol este important.
This century is important.
Trăim în secolul douăzeci și unu.
We live in the twenty-first century.
Secolul trecut a adus multe schimbări.
The last century brought many changes.
Istoria acestui secol este plină de conflicte.
The history of this century is full of conflicts.
De-a lungul secolelor, orașul și-a schimbat de multe ori înfățișarea.
Over the centuries, the city has changed its appearance many times.
Descoperirile științifice din ultimele secole au transformat radical modul în care înțelegem universul.
The scientific discoveries of the last centuries have radically transformed how we understand the universe.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | secol | secole |
| Genitive | secolului | secolelor |
| Accusative | secol | secole |
| Vocative | secolule | secolelor |
Word family
secularsecular, worldly
secularizato secularize
secularizaresecularization
multisecularcenturies-old, spanning many centuries
Etymology
Secol comes from Latin saeculum, meaning a generation, age, or long span of time. Romanian inherited it as part of its core Latin-derived vocabulary, alongside French siècle, Italian secolo, and Spanish siglo, which show the same root evolving in other Romance languages. The Latin word also gave English secular, through ecclesiastical Latin saecularis, meaning of this present age or worldly. The deeper origin of saeculum before Latin is disputed among scholars, so no secure earlier root is reconstructed.
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