fiindcă

Romanian

Alternative forms

fiind-că (dated)
фииндкэ (post-1930s (Moldovan) 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)

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