CIA

(abbreviation) (Central Intelligence Agency; American government body that engages in intelligence operations.)

cicada

noun

(an insect that makes a loud chirping noise.) cicadă, greier

cider

noun

(an alcoholic drink made from apples.) cidru

cigar

noun

(a roll of tobacco leaves for smoking.) trabuc

- cigarette

cigarette

[siɡə'ret, ](American[) 'siɡəret]

noun (a tube of finely cut tobacco rolled in thin paper.) ţigară

cinch

[sin ]

noun

1) (a certainty: It's a cinch!) chestie sigură

2) (something easy.) fleac, bagatelă

cinder

['sində]

noun

(a piece of burnt coal, wood etc: the cinders in the fireplace.) tăciune

- cine-camera

- cinema

cine-camera

['sinikæmərə]

noun (a camera for taking moving pictures.) cameră, aparat de filmat

cinema

['sinəmə]

noun (a building in which films are shown: He enjoys going to the cinema but he prefers the theatre.) cinematograf

cinnamon

['sinəmən]

noun

(the bark of a tree of the laurel family, used as a spice.) scorţişoară

cipher

noun

(secret writing; a code: The message was written in cipher.) cod

circle

['sə:kl]

1. noun

1) (a figure (O) bounded by one line, every point on which is equally distant from the centre.) cerc

2) (something in the form of a circle: She was surrounded by a circle of admirers.) cerc

3) (a group of people: a circle of close friends; wealthy circles.) cerc, mediu

4) (a balcony in a theatre etc: We sat in the circle at the opera.) balcon

2. verb

1) (to move in a circle round something: The chickens circled round the farmer who was bringing their food.) a se învârti în jurul (...)

2) (to draw a circle round: Please circle the word you think is wrong.) a încercui

circuit

['sə:kit]

noun

1) (a journey or course round something: the earth's circuit round the sun; three circuits of the race-track.) mişcare (în cerc), circuit

2) (a race-track, running-track etc.) circuit

3) (the path of an electric current and the parts through which it passes.) circuit

4) (a journey or tour made regularly and repeatedly eg by salesmen, sportsmen etc.) traseu

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- circuitous

circuitous

[sə:'kjuitəs]

adjective (round-about; not direct: a circuitous route.) ocolit

circular

['sə:kjulə]

1. adjective

1) (having the form of a circle: a circular piece of paper.) circular, rotund

2) (leading back to the point from which it started: a circular road.) în cerc

2. noun

(a notice etc, especially advertising something, sent to a number of persons: We often get circulars advertising holidays.) prospect

- circularity

circularity

[-'læ-]

noun caracter circular

circulate

['sə:kjuleit]

verb

1) (to (cause to) go round in a fixed path coming back to a starting-point: Blood circulates through the body.) a circula

2) (to (cause to) spread or pass around (news etc): There's a rumour circulating that she is getting married.) a circula; a pune în circulaţie

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- circulation

- circulatory

circulation

noun circulaţie

circulatory

[-lə-]

adjective circulator

circumcise

verb

1) (to remove the foreskin (of a man).) a circumcide

2) (to remove a part of the clitoris (of a woman).)

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- circumcision

circumcision

[-'siʒən]

noun circumcizie

circumference

noun

((the length of) the boundary line of a circle or anything circular in shape: the circumference of a circle/wheel.) circumferinţă

circumnavigate

[sə:kəm'næviɡeit]

verb

(to sail round (especially the world).) a naviga în jurul (...)

- circumnavigation

circumnavigation

noun navigaţie în jurul (...)

circumstance

['sə:kəmstæns]

noun

(a condition (time, place etc) connected with an event: In the circumstances, I don't see what else I could have done.) circumstanţă

circus

['sə:kəs]

plural - circuses; noun

1) (a travelling show with performances by horsemen, acrobats, animals etc: The children went to the circus.) circ

2) (an open space in a town etc where several roads meet: Piccadilly Circus.)

circuses

plural; see circus

cistern

['sistən]

noun

(a tank etc for storing water (especially for a lavatory).) cisternă

citadel

['sitədl]

noun

(a fortress, especially in or near a city.) citadelă

cities

plural; see city

citizen

['sitizn]

noun

1) (an inhabitant of a city or town: a citizen of London.) cetăţean

2) (a member of a state or country: a British citizen; a citizen of the USA.) cetăţean

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- citizenship

citizenship

noun (the status, rights and duties of a citizen, especially of a particular country etc: He has applied for British citizenship.) cetăţenie

citric

['sitrik]

- citric acid

- citrus fruit

citric acid

(the acid which gives lemons and certain other fruits their sourness.) citric

citrus fruit

['sitrəs] (a type of fruit including the lemon, orange, lime etc.) citrice

city

['siti]

plural - cities; noun

1) (a very large town.) oraş

2) (a town, usually with a cathedral, granted special rights.) oraş episcopal

civic

['sivik]

adjective

(of or belonging to a city or citizen: Our offices are in the new civic centre; civic duties.) civic

civil

['sivl]

adjective

1) (polite, courteous.) politicos

2) (of the state or community: civil rights.) civic

3) (ordinary; not military or religious: civil life.) civil

4) (concerned with law cases which are not criminal.) civil

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- civilian

- civility

- civilly

- civil defence

- civil disobedience

- civil engineer

- civil liberties/rights

- civil servant

- civil service

- civil war

civil defence

noun ((American civil defense) the organization responsible for protection of civilians from enemy bombing etc and for rescue operations after such attacks.)

civil disobedience

noun (a refusal by a large number of people to pay taxes or obey certain laws in a nonviolent way in order to protest against the government, its policies etc.)

civil engineer

see engineer.

civil liberties/rights

(the rights of a citizen according to the law of the country.) drepturi civile

civil servant

(a member of the civil service.) funcţionar de stat

civil service

(the organization which runs the administration of a state.) administraţie civilă

civil war

((a) war between citizens of the same state: the American Civil War.) război civil

civilian

[si'viljən]

noun (a person who has a civil job, not in the armed forces.) civil

civilisation

noun

1) (the act of civilizing, or process or state of being civilized.) civilizare

2) (a civilized people and their way of life: the ancient civilizations of Egypt and Greece.) civilizaţie

civilise

verb

(to change the ways of (a primitive people) to those found in a more advanced type of society: The Romans tried to civilize the ancient Britons.) a civiliza

- civilization

- civilisation

civility

[si'viləti]

noun (politeness: Treat strangers with civility.) amabilitate

civilization

noun

1) (the act of civilizing, or process or state of being civilized.) civilizare

2) (a civilized people and their way of life: the ancient civilizations of Egypt and Greece.) civilizaţie

civilize

verb

(to change the ways of (a primitive people) to those found in a more advanced type of society: The Romans tried to civilize the ancient Britons.) a civiliza

- civilization

- civilisation

civilly

adverb (politely.) (în mod) politicos