sigurantei

Siguranța (plural siguranțe) is a Romanian noun with several related meanings connected to safety and certainty. In everyday language it designates safety or protection, as in siguranța personală (personal safety), siguranța la locul de muncă (occupational safety), or siguranța alimentară (food safety). It can also refer to a guarantee or assurance in a contract or on a product. In electrical terminology, siguranță refers to a protective device such as a fuse or circuit breaker; electricians talk about siguranțe and replacing them.

Historically, Siguranța Statului was the internal security and police service of Romania in the interwar period and during the early World War II era; it served as the state’s intelligence and preventive police. It was the predecessor of the later Securitatea, which took over after 1948 under the communist regime.

Etymology: The noun derives from the Romanian root sigur ('certain, sure') with the nominalizing suffix -anță, reflecting the sense of certainty and protection that safety conveys. The word is used across legal, administrative, and technical contexts, and remains common in modern Romanian.