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acoperiș
roof /akopeˈriʃ/
noun#2138 most common
Also: rooftop, shelter (figurative: roof over one's head)
Example sentences
Casa are un acoperiș roșu.
The house has a red roof.
Acoperișul casei este vechi.
The house's roof is old.
Zăpada a acoperit acoperișul într-o singură noapte.
The snow covered the roof in a single night.
Muncitorii repară acoperișul care s-a spart în timpul furtunii.
The workers are repairing the roof that broke during the storm.
Sub acoperișurile vechi ale orașului se ascund povești uitate.
Under the old roofs of the city, forgotten stories hide.
Arhitectul a proiectat un acoperiș din sticlă care lasă lumina să pătrundă în întreaga clădire.
The architect designed a glass roof that lets light pass through the whole building.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | acoperiș | acoperișuri |
| Genitive | acoperișului | acoperișurilor |
| Accusative | acoperiș | acoperișuri |
| Vocative | acoperișule | acoperișuri |
Word family
a acoperito cover
descoperito discover, uncoveracoperitorcovering, protective
acoperământcovering, shelter
neacoperituncovered, exposed
Etymology
Acoperiș comes from the Romanian verb a acoperi, meaning to cover, plus the noun-forming suffix -iș. A acoperi itself descends from Latin cooperire, a combination of the prefix co- and operire, to close or cover. Romanian built the noun internally, so acoperiș names the thing that results from covering: the roof.
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