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util
useful /uˈtil/
adjective#2799 most common
Also: helpful, of use, beneficial
Example sentences
Acest instrument este util.
This tool is useful.
Cartea a fost foarte utilă pentru mine.
The book was very useful for me.
Sfaturile tale au fost utile în această situație.
Your advice was useful in this situation.
Este util să înveți o limbă străină.
It is useful to learn a foreign language.
Programul oferă informații utile pentru cercetători.
The program offers useful information for researchers.
Ar fi util ca autoritățile să clarifice cât mai rapid aceste reglementări ambigue.
It would be useful for the authorities to clarify these ambiguous regulations as quickly as possible.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | util | utili |
| Genitive | util | utili |
| Accusative | util | utili |
| Vocative | util | utili |
Word family
utilitateutility, usefulness
utilizato use, to utilizeutilizatoruser
inutiluselessutilitarutilitarian, practical
Etymology
Romanian "util" comes from Latin "utilis" (useful, of use), likely reinforced by French "utile" during the 19th-century wave of Latin and French borrowings that modernized Romanian vocabulary. Unlike core inherited words, it shows little sound change, a sign that it entered the language as a learned or literary term rather than through unbroken spoken Latin. Latin "utilis" itself derives from the verb "uti" (to use).
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