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singurătate
loneliness /sin.ɡuˈra.ta.te/
noun#5638 most common
Also: solitude, aloneness
Example sentences
Îmi place singurătatea.
I like solitude.
Bunica mea trăiește în singurătate de un an.
My grandmother has been living in loneliness for a year.
Mulți oameni se tem de singurătate.
Many people fear loneliness.
După despărțire, a simțit o singurătate profundă.
After the breakup, she felt a deep loneliness.
Scriitorul căuta singurătatea muntelui pentru a-și limpezi gândurile.
The writer sought the mountain's solitude to clear his thoughts.
Singurătatea în care s-a cufundat după moartea soției nu a fost niciodată alinată de prezența copiilor.
The loneliness he sank into after his wife's death was never eased by the presence of his children.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | singurătate | singurătăți |
| Genitive | singurătății | singurătăților |
| Accusative | singurătate | singurătăți |
| Vocative | singurătate | singurătăți |
Word family
singuralone, singlesinguraticsolitary, lonely (often of places or nature)
însinguratisolated, made lonely
însingurarethe process of becoming isolated
singurelall alone (affectionate or diminutive)
Etymology
Singurătate is built from the adjective singur, meaning alone, plus the abstract noun suffix -ătate, a variant of -itate. Singur comes from Latin singulus, meaning one at a time or single. The suffix -ătate, like -itate in words such as realitate, turns an adjective into an abstract noun of state, so singurătate literally means the state of being alone.
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