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sinucidere
suicide /si.nuˈt͡ʃi.de.re/
noun#2334 most common
Also: self-killing, taking one's own life
Example sentences
Poliția a găsit un bilet de sinucidere.
The police found a suicide note.
Sinuciderea nu este niciodată o soluție.
Suicide is never a solution.
Rata sinuciderilor a crescut anul acesta în oraș.
The suicide rate has risen this year in the city.
Medicii încearcă să prevină sinuciderile în rândul adolescenților.
Doctors are trying to prevent suicides among teenagers.
Studiul analizează factorii sociali care duc la sinucidere.
The study analyzes the social factors that lead to suicide.
Filosofii au dezbătut secole la rând dacă sinuciderea poate fi justificată moral.
Philosophers have debated for centuries whether suicide can be morally justified.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sinucidere | sinucideri |
| Genitive | sinucideri | sinucideri |
| Accusative | sinucidere | sinucideri |
| Vocative | sinucidere | sinucideri |
Word family
a se sinucideto kill oneself, to commit suicide
sinucigașperson who commits suicide; suicidal
sinucigașăfeminine form of sinucigaș
a ucideto kill
uciderekilling, homicideEtymology
Sinucidere is a 19th-century Romanian coinage built to match the French and Latin word for suicide, but using native material instead of a straight borrowing. It joins sine, a reflexive form meaning 'of oneself' (from Latin sui), with ucidere, the noun form of a ucide, 'to kill' (from Latin occidere). The result mirrors the internal logic of Latin suicidium, self plus killing, while staying built from Romanian's own verb for killing.
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