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soldat
soldier /solˈdat/
noun#2650 most common
Also: private (lowest-rank soldier), serviceman
Example sentences
Soldatul este în armată.
The soldier is in the army.
Tatăl meu a fost soldat în tinerețe.
My father was a soldier in his youth.
Soldații au mărșăluit prin oraș.
The soldiers marched through the city.
Mulți soldați și-au pierdut viața în acel război.
Many soldiers lost their lives in that war.
Monumentul este dedicat soldaților necunoscuți care au căzut pe front.
The monument is dedicated to the unknown soldiers who fell on the front.
Deși era doar un simplu soldat, disciplina și curajul lui l-au făcut să fie remarcat de superiori.
Although he was just a simple soldier, his discipline and courage got him noticed by his superiors.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | soldatul | soldații |
| Genitive | soldatului | soldaților |
| Accusative | soldatul | soldații |
| Vocative | soldatule | soldaților |
Word family
soldăwage, military pay
a soldato settle an account; to sell off at clearance
soldățescsoldierly, of soldiers
soldățimesoldiery, the body of soldiers collectively
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "soldat" from French "soldat" and Italian "soldato" in the 19th century, when the language was absorbing Western Romance vocabulary. The Italian word comes from "soldare", meaning to pay wages, itself from "soldo", a coin, which traces to Latin "solidus", a gold coin used to pay Roman troops. A soldier was, at root, simply a man who received pay.
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