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sot

husband /sots/

noun#1366 most common

Also: spouse, partner (in marriage)

Example sentences

El este soțul meu.
He is my husband.
Ea și-a găsit un soț bun.
She found a good husband.
Soțul ei lucrează la o bancă.
Her husband works at a bank.
Cei doi soți s-au căsătorit anul trecut.
The two spouses got married last year.
Fără știrea soțului ei, a semnat contractul.
Without her husband's knowledge, she signed the contract.
Soților li s-au oferit noi drepturi legale prin reforma codului civil.
Spouses were granted new legal rights through the reform of the civil code.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativesoțsoți
Genitivesoțuluisoților
Accusativesoțsoți
Vocativesoțulesoților

Word family

soțiewife
a însoțito accompany
însoțitorcompanion, escort
societatesociety
asociatassociate, associated

Etymology

Soț comes from Latin socius, meaning companion, partner, or ally. The word kept its core sense of a bonded partner and narrowed in Romanian to mean husband within marriage. The same Latin root gave rise to a family of words about association and shared life.

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