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ROMANIAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

și.

and

2 characters1 syllables approx.Română language

Meaning & usage

conj/ʃi/
  1. and

    În sertar sunt hârtii și câteva pixuri și creioane.
  2. and Connects the nonzero digit in the ones place to the rest of a number greater than 20, the way a hyphen does in English writing, or a fraction to the whole.

    Am în cont douăzeci și trei de mii șase sute patruzeci și unu de lei.
    ― Câte ture ai alergat? ― Două și jumătate.
  3. and Used as a question by itself in dialogue to mean “and what?”.

  4. and Connects two items in close causal connection and a one-to-one proportion, typically in elliptical sentences.

    informal
    În Japonia, procesul și condamnarea.
    Nu este realist în marketingul telefonic apelul și vânzarea.
  5. and Ironically, within an exclamation, connects a topic of discussion with a trait or association deemed incompatible.

    informal
    „Republica Democrată Germană”? Ei și democrația!
  6. and Placed between two repetitions of a noun to remark on the diversity in the ranks of said noun.

    Orice profesor știe că există copii și copii.
  7. and Placed between two repetitions of a word to signify incessantness.

    Temperatura urcă și urcă.
  8. synonym of să: to, in order to

    Northwestern · Transylvania
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin sīc (“thus, so, like, in this way”). Compare Aromanian shi, Megleno-Romanian și. Possibly related to Italian sia (originally a subjunctive form of essere “to be”) as in the construction sia … sia … (“both … and …”), which is equivalent to Romanian și … și ….

adv/ʃi/
  1. also

  2. even

  3. already

  4. immediately

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin sīc (“thus, so, like, in this way”). Compare Aromanian shi, Megleno-Romanian și. Possibly related to Italian sia (originally a subjunctive form of essere “to be”) as in the construction sia … sia … (“both … and …”), which is equivalent to Romanian și … și ….

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.