plauzibile

Plauzibile is a Romanian adjective meaning plausible, credible, or believable. The form plauzibile is the feminine plural (used with feminine plural nouns); the masculine singular is plauzibil, the feminine singular plauzibilă, and the masculine plural plauzibili. The noun form plauzibilitate denotes plausibility.

Etymology and cognates

Plauzibil derives from Latin plausibilis, formed from plausus (applause, approval) and related to notions of believability. The word has cognates in other Romance languages, such as French plausible and English plausible, reflecting a shared Latin root. In Romanian, the term entered the language through historical contact with Latin-based vocabularies and subsequent development within the Romance language family.

Usage

Plauzibil is commonly used in philosophy, science, journalism, and everyday speech to describe statements, explanations, or hypotheses that appear likely or believable but are not proven. It can modify nouns (e.g., o explicație plauzibilă, a plauzibilitate of an argument) or be used predicatively (Este plauzibil). In formal writing, one might discuss the plauzibilitatea unei teorii or evaluate how plauzibil o variantă este in light of available evidence.

Nuance and alternatives

Common Romanian synonyms include credibil and verosimil, with slight nuance: verosimil emphasizes verisimilitude, while credibil stresses trustworthiness. Plauzibil conveys a sense of reasonable likelihood awaiting further validation.

See also

Plausibility, plausibil.