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bloc
apartment building (block of flats) /ˈblok/
noun#2967 most common
Also: bloc (political or economic alliance), pad (of paper)
Example sentences
Eu locuiesc într-un bloc.
I live in an apartment building.
Blocul nostru are zece etaje.
Our apartment building has ten floors.
Liftul din bloc este stricat de o săptămână.
The elevator in the building has been broken for a week.
Am cumpărat un bloc de desen pentru copil.
I bought a drawing pad for the child.
Țările occidentale formează un bloc economic puternic.
The Western countries form a strong economic bloc.
Reabilitarea termică a blocurilor construite în perioada comunistă rămâne o prioritate pentru multe primării.
The thermal renovation of apartment blocks built during the communist era remains a priority for many city halls.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | blocul | blocurile |
| Genitive | blocului | blocurilor |
| Accusative | blocul | blocurile |
| Vocative | blocule | blocurilor |
Word family
a blocato block, to jam
blocajblockage, traffic jam
blocatblocked, stuck
deblocareunblocking, unlocking
blocuriapartment buildings (plural)
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "bloc" from French "bloc" in the 19th and 20th centuries, as part of a broader wave of French vocabulary that reshaped modern Romanian. French "bloc" itself came from Middle Dutch "blok", meaning a solid mass or tree trunk. In Romanian the word first meant a solid mass or unit, then narrowed under communism to its dominant modern sense: a multi-story apartment building, since state housing was built in large uniform blocks.
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