semnalment
Romanian
Alternative forms
- signalment — dated, non-nativised
- semnalament — dated or misspelling
Etymology
Borrowed from French signalement and nativised after the inherited word semn (“sign”) in the manner of semnal (“signal”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sem.nalˈment/
- Rhymes: -ent
- Hyphenation: sem‧nal‧ment
Noun
semnalment n (plural semnalmente)
- (chiefly in the plural, law enforcement and otherwise) physical identifying characteristic, physical identifier of a person
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | semnalment | semnalmentul | semnalmente | semnalmentele | |
| genitive-dative | semnalment | semnalmentului | semnalmente | semnalmentelor | |
| vocative | semnalmentule | semnalmentelor | |||
Further reading
- “semnalment”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025
- Iorgu Iordan, Alexandru Graur, Ion Coteanu, editors (1990), Dicționarul Limbii Române[1], volume 10, part 3, Bucharest: Romanian Academy, →ISBN, page 701