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bijuterie
piece of jewelry /bi.ʒu.teˈri.e/
noun#2025 most common
Also: jewel, gem (figurative, for something exquisite)
Example sentences
Am o bijuterie frumoasă.
I have a beautiful piece of jewelry.
Mama poartă o bijuterie de aur.
Mom wears a gold piece of jewelry.
Am cumpărat o bijuterie pentru ziua ei de naștere.
I bought a piece of jewelry for her birthday.
Această brățară este o bijuterie veche, moștenită de la bunica mea.
This bracelet is an old piece of jewelry, inherited from my grandmother.
Muzeul expune o colecție de bijuterii din perioada bizantină.
The museum displays a collection of jewelry from the Byzantine period.
Romanul acesta este considerat o adevărată bijuterie a literaturii române interbelice.
This novel is considered a true gem of interwar Romanian literature.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bijuterie | bijuterii |
| Genitive | bijuteriei | bijuteriilor |
| Accusative | bijuterie | bijuterii |
| Vocative | bijuterie | bijuterii |
Word family
bijutierjeweler (craftsman, masculine)
bijutierăjeweler (feminine)
bijuteriijewelry (the plural, goods as a set)
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "bijuterie" from French "bijouterie", the trade and craft of making jewelry. French built that word from "bijou", meaning jewel, which French itself took from Breton "bizoù", a word for a ring. The chain shows how a small Celtic word for a finger ring grew into a whole vocabulary of luxury across Romance languages.
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