indiferent
Catalan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [in.di.fəˈɾen]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [in.di.fəˈɾent]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [in.di.feˈɾent]
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Adjective
indiferent m or f (masculine and feminine plural indiferents)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “indiferent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “indiferent”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French indifférent and Latin indifferēns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌin.di.feˈrent/
- Rhymes: -ent
- Hyphenation: in‧di‧fe‧rent
Adjective
indiferent m or n (feminine singular indiferentă, masculine plural indiferenți, feminine and neuter plural indiferente)
- indifferent (unconcerned, showing no interest)
- Synonym: nepăsător
- indifferent (that makes no difference)
- a îi fi indiferent ― to not matter to someone one way or the other
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | indiferent | indiferentă | indiferenti | indiferente | |||
| definite | indiferentul | indiferenta | indiferentii | indiferentele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | indiferent | indiferente | indiferenti | indiferente | |||
| definite | indiferentului | indiferentei | indiferentilor | indiferentelor | ||||
Adverb
indiferent
- regardless [with de ‘of’]
- 1983 March 10, Ana Blandiana, interview with Mircea Iorgulescu, in România Literară, year 16, number 10, page 5:
- Oricît de departe ne-am duce, ducem cu noi — indiferent dacă vrem sau nu — datele geografice, etnice, mitice ale nașterii noastre, caracteristicile celor în mijlocul cărora ne-am născut și cu care — indiferent dacă vrem sau nu — sîntem solidari în eternitate.
- No matter how far we may go, we take with us—regardless of whether we want it or not—the geographical, ethnic, mythical data of our birth, the characteristics of those in the midst of whom we were born and with which—regardless of whether we want it or not—we are eternally in solidarity.
Related terms
Further reading
- “indiferent”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025