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bucatarie

kitchen /bu.kə.təˈri.e/

noun#5337 most common

Also: cooking (in some compound uses, e.g. 'bucătărie românească' = Romanian cuisine)

Example sentences

Bucătăria este mică.
The kitchen is small.
Mama gătește în bucătărie.
Mom cooks in the kitchen.
Am cumpărat o masă nouă pentru bucătărie.
I bought a new table for the kitchen.
Bucătăria noastră are ferestre mari.
Our kitchen has large windows.
După petrecere, bucătăria era plină de vase murdare.
After the party, the kitchen was full of dirty dishes.
Renovarea bucătăriei a durat aproape trei luni și ne-a costat mai mult decât ne așteptam.
The renovation of the kitchen took almost three months and cost us more than we expected.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativebucătărie / bucătăriabucătării / bucătăriile
Genitivebucătării / bucătărieibucătării / bucătăriilor
Accusativebucătărie / bucătăriabucătării / bucătăriile
Vocativebucătărie / bucătăriobucătăriilor

Word family

bucătarcook, chef
bucătăreasăfemale cook
bucatăpiece, chunk
bucătărescculinary, kitchen-related

Etymology

Bucătărie is built from bucătar, the Romanian word for cook, plus the suffix -ie, which forms nouns naming a place or activity. Bucătar itself comes from bucată, meaning piece or portion, combined with the agent suffix -ar, so a bucătar was originally someone who worked with pieces or portions of food. Bucată traces back to Latin bucca, meaning cheek or mouth, the same root that gave Italian boccone and French bouchée, both meaning mouthful.

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