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bilet

ticket /biˈlet/

noun#800 most common

Also: note (short written message), pass (e.g. leave pass)

Example sentences

Am un bilet.
I have a ticket.
Cumpăr un bilet de autobuz.
I'm buying a bus ticket.
Am pierdut biletul de tren și acum trebuie să cumpăr altul.
I lost the train ticket and now I have to buy another one.
Controlorul mi-a cerut biletul înainte să cobor din tren.
The conductor asked me for my ticket before I got off the train.
I-a lăsat un bilet pe masă, explicându-i de ce a plecat mai devreme.
She left him a note on the table, explaining why she had left earlier.
Deși biletele se epuizaseră cu o săptămână înainte de concert, reușise să găsească unul la un preț exorbitant pe piața neagră.
Although the tickets had sold out a week before the concert, he had managed to find one at an exorbitant price on the black market.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativebiletulbiletele
Genitivebiletuluibiletelor
Accusativebiletulbiletele
Vocativebiletulebiletelor

Word family

biletticket, note
bilețelsmall note, love note
casă de biletebox office, ticket booth
controlor de bileteticket inspector, conductor

Etymology

Bilet entered Romanian from French billet, a word that originally meant a short written note or document. French billet itself traces to Old French bullette or billette, a diminutive tied to Latin bulla, meaning seal or sealed document. Romanian kept both senses: a small paper slip that grants passage (a ticket) and a brief written message (a note).

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