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similar
similar /simiˈlar/
adjective#3455 most common
Also: alike, comparable
Example sentences
Această carte este similară cu aceea.
This book is similar to that one.
Avem gusturi similare.
We have similar tastes.
Rezultatele testului au fost similare anul trecut.
The test results were similar last year.
Cele două culturi au tradiții similare, deși sunt separate de mii de kilometri.
The two cultures have similar traditions, even though they are separated by thousands of kilometers.
Fenomenul observat în acest experiment este similar celui descris în literatura de specialitate.
The phenomenon observed in this experiment is similar to the one described in the specialist literature.
Argumentul său, deși similar în structură cu cel al oponentului, ajunge la o concluzie complet diferită.
His argument, although similar in structure to his opponent's, arrives at a completely different conclusion.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | similar (m) / similară (f) | similari (m) / similare (f) |
| Genitive | similar (m) / similare (f) | similari (m) / similare (f) |
| Accusative | similar (m) / similară (f) | similari (m) / similare (f) |
| Vocative | similar (m) / similară (f) | similari (m) / similare (f) |
Word family
similaritatesimilarity
similitudinesimilitude, resemblance
disimilardissimilar
asimilato assimilate
verosimilplausible, likely
Etymology
Similar entered Romanian in the nineteenth century as a learned borrowing from French similaire, part of a wave of French and Latin vocabulary that reshaped modern Romanian. Its ultimate source is Latin similis, meaning like or resembling. The Latin word itself traces back to an old root for oneness or sameness, the idea that two things share one common form.
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