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căsnicie

marriage (as a lived, day-to-day married life) /kəs.niˈt͡ʃi.e/

noun#3015 most common

Also: married life, domestic life as a couple, matrimony

Example sentences

Ei au o căsnicie fericită.
They have a happy marriage.
Căsnicia lor durează de zece ani.
Their marriage has lasted ten years.
Multe cupluri au probleme în căsnicie.
Many couples have problems in their marriage.
A decis să pună capăt căsniciei sale nefericite.
She decided to end her unhappy marriage.
Psihologii spun că o căsnicie sănătoasă se bazează pe comunicare și respect reciproc.
Psychologists say a healthy marriage is built on communication and mutual respect.
Deși căsnicia lor părea idilică din exterior, în realitate erau ani de zile în care abia se mai suportau.
Although their marriage looked idyllic from the outside, in reality there were years when they could barely stand each other.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativecăsniciecăsnicii
Genitivecăsnicieicăsniciilor
Accusativecăsniciecăsnicii
Vocativecăsniciecăsnicii

Word family

casăhouse, home
casnicdomestic, household
căsătorito marrycăsătoriemarriage (the wedding or legal union)
soț/soțiehusband/wife

Etymology

Căsnicie is built from casnic, the Romanian adjective for "domestic" or "household-related," plus the abstract-noun suffix -ie. Casnic in turn comes from casă, "house," which descends from Latin casa, meaning hut or cottage. So the word literally grew out of the idea of a shared household, and it kept that sense: it points to married life at home, not the legal act of marrying.

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