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amintire
memory (a recollection) /a.min.ˈti.re/
noun#1182 most common
Also: recollection, souvenir, memento
Example sentences
Am o amintire frumoasă.
I have a beautiful memory.
Această fotografie este o amintire din vacanță.
This photo is a souvenir from vacation.
Îmi păstrez cu drag amintirile din copilărie.
I fondly keep my memories from childhood.
Amintirea acelei zile îmi aduce mereu un zâmbet.
The memory of that day always brings a smile.
Cu timpul, amintirea durerii s-a estompat, lăsând loc unei liniști ciudate.
Over time, the memory of the pain faded, leaving room for a strange calm.
Scriitorul a împletit realitatea cu amintirea, astfel încât cititorul nu mai putea distinge granița dintre ele.
The writer wove reality together with memory, so that the reader could no longer tell where one ended and the other began.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | amintire / amintirea | amintiri / amintirile |
| Genitive | amintiri / amintirii | amintiri / amintirilor |
| Accusative | amintire / amintirea | amintiri / amintirile |
| Vocative | amintire | amintirilor |
Word family
a amintito remind, to recall
amintitremembered, recalled
a reaminti / reamintireto remind again / a reminder
mintemindamintirimemoirs, recollections
Etymology
Amintire is the noun built from the verb a aminti, "to remind" or "to recall." That verb rests on minte, "mind," from Latin mens, mentis. The prefix a- continues Latin ad-, "toward," so the verb literally meant "to bring toward the mind." The suffix -re turns the verb into a noun naming the result: a thing recalled, a memory.
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