Where the Romanian word “pretext” comes from
From French.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 1 (pl. -e):
Din fr. prétexte.
→ French · DEX '98 - Homonym 2 (pl. -uri):
Din fr. prétexte.
→ French · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- French (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- French prétexte
- In film dialogue
- 5.1 times per million words · number 6,044 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 16 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 12 18 18 22 30 - Swap in a synonym
- motiv (French), impuls (Learned Latin), prilej (Neighbouring Slavic languages), stimulent (Made in Romanian), justificare (Made in Romanian), motivare (Made in Romanian)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
More words from the same layer
comun, exista, deveni, populație, file, problemă, tip, dată, general, continua, termina, local