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april
April (archaic spelling of the month, now written "aprilie") /aˈpril/
noun#4314 most common
Also: the fourth month of the year
Example sentences
El s-a născut în April.
He was born in April.
Luna April are treizeci de zile.
The month of April has thirty days.
Anul acesta, April a fost ploios.
This year, April was rainy.
În vechile calendare românești, luna a patra se numea April.
In old Romanian calendars, the fourth month was called April.
Documentul poartă data de 12 April 1858.
The document bears the date of April 12, 1858.
Scrierea «April» în loc de «Aprilie» reflectă influența latinizantă a Școlii Ardelene asupra ortografiei românești din secolul al XIX-lea.
The spelling 'April' instead of 'Aprilie' reflects the Latinizing influence of the Transylvanian School on 19th-century Romanian orthography.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | April | - |
| Genitive | lui April | - |
| Accusative | April | - |
| Vocative | April | - |
Word family
aprilieApril (standard modern spelling)
prierold native Romanian name for the month of April
1 AprilieApril Fools' Day in Romania
Etymology
April is an older Romanian spelling of aprilie, the fourth month of the year. Romanian took the word from Latin Aprilis, the Roman name for the month. The origin of Aprilis itself is disputed; one popular but unproven theory ties it to aperire, meaning "to open," since buds and flowers open at this time. In the 19th century, Romanian scholars leaned on Latin and Italian spelling models, writing April or Aprile before the native suffix -ie settled into the modern form aprilie.
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