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cadavru
corpse /kaˈdavru/
noun#833 most common
Also: cadaver, dead body
Example sentences
Poliția a găsit un cadavru.
The police found a corpse.
Cadavrul a fost dus la morgă.
The corpse was taken to the morgue.
Medicul legist a examinat cadavrul cu atenție.
The forensic doctor examined the corpse carefully.
Anchetatorii au descoperit mai multe cadavre în pădure.
Investigators discovered several corpses in the forest.
Starea cadavrului sugera că moartea survenise cu câteva zile în urmă.
The condition of the corpse suggested that death had occurred several days earlier.
Descompunerea cadavrelor găsite la locul faptei a îngreunat stabilirea orei exacte a decesului.
The decomposition of the corpses found at the crime scene made it harder to establish the exact time of death.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cadavru | cadavre |
| Genitive | cadavrului | cadavrelor |
| Accusative | cadavru | cadavre |
| Vocative | cadavrule | cadavrelor |
Word family
cadavrucorpse (singular)
cadavrecorpses (plural)
cadaveric, -ăcadaverous, corpse-like, deathly pale
cadavrulthe corpse
Etymology
Cadavru comes directly from Latin cadaver, cadaveris, a dead body. That Latin noun is tied to the verb cadere, to fall, since a corpse is literally something that has fallen. Romanian kept the word almost unchanged, unlike many everyday terms that evolved further through centuries of sound change.
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