fiindcă
Romanian
Alternative forms
- fiind-că — dated
- фииндкэ (fiindcă) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
Etymology
Univerbation of fiind + că. First attested in c. 1710.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fiˈind.kə/, [ˈfiːnd.kə], (fast speech) [ˈfi(ː)ŋ.kə]
- Rhymes: -indkə
- Hyphenation: fi‧ind‧că
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Conjunction
fiindcă
- because (literally, “being that”)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:deoarece
- Nu știu care restaurant e cel mai bun, fiindcă nu locuiesc pe aici.
- I don't know which restaurant is the best, being that I don't live around here.
References
- “fiindcă”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025