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cabinet
office (a professional's practice room, e.g. a doctor's or lawyer's office) /kabiˈnet/
noun#3851 most common
Also: government cabinet (body of ministers), study (a room for private work)
Example sentences
Medicul are un cabinet mic.
The doctor has a small office.
Mergem la cabinetul stomatologic mâine.
We are going to the dental office tomorrow.
Avocatul își are cabinetul în centrul orașului.
The lawyer has his office in the city center.
Cabinetul de miniștri s-a întrunit ieri pentru a discuta noua lege.
The cabinet of ministers met yesterday to discuss the new law.
Pacienții așteptau în sala de așteptare a cabinetului medical.
The patients were waiting in the waiting room of the medical office.
Reforma administrativă propusă de cabinet a stârnit controverse ample în presă.
The administrative reform proposed by the cabinet sparked wide controversy in the press.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cabinet | cabinete |
| Genitive | cabinetului | cabinetelor |
| Accusative | cabinet | cabinete |
| Vocative | None | None |
Word family
cabinet medicaldoctor's office
cabinet de avocaturălaw office
cabinet de miniștricouncil of ministers, government cabinet
cabinăcabin, booth (related loanword)Etymology
Romanian borrowed "cabinet" from French "cabinet" in the modern era, as part of a wave of French loanwords in the 19th century. The French word itself grew from "cabine" (a small chamber or booth) plus the diminutive suffix "-et", so it originally meant a small private room. From there it extended to the sense of a body of government ministers who meet in such a room.
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