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suspiciune
suspicion /sus.piˈt͡ʃu.ne/
noun#4654 most common
Also: mistrust, doubt
Example sentences
Am o suspiciune.
I have a suspicion.
Poliția are o suspiciune despre el.
The police have a suspicion about him.
Suspiciunea ei s-a dovedit adevărată.
Her suspicion turned out to be true.
Există mai multe suspiciuni legate de acest caz.
There are several suspicions linked to this case.
Suspiciunea de fraudă a dus la o anchetă amplă.
The suspicion of fraud led to a broad investigation.
Deși nu avea dovezi concrete, suspiciunea lui persista, alimentată de tăcerea suspectă a colegilor.
Although he had no concrete evidence, his suspicion persisted, fed by his colleagues' suspicious silence.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | suspiciune | suspiciuni |
| Genitive | suspiciunii | suspiciunilor |
| Accusative | suspiciune | suspiciuni |
| Vocative | suspiciune | suspiciunilor |
Word family
suspectsuspicious, suspect
a suspectato suspect
suspiciossuspicious, distrustful
bănuialăsuspicion, hunch (everyday synonym)
Etymology
Suspiciune entered Romanian in the 19th century as a learned borrowing, likely via French suspicion, itself from Latin suspicio, suspicionis. The Latin noun comes from the verb suspicere, meaning to look up at or to look at secretly, built from sub- (under, from below) and specere (to look). The sense shifted from a furtive glance to the feeling of distrust that such a glance implies.
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