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canal
canal /kaˈnal/
noun#1751 most common
Also: channel (TV/radio), duct/pipe, sewer, drain
Example sentences
Canalul este murdar.
The canal is dirty.
Vapoarele trec prin canal.
The ships pass through the canal.
Am schimbat canalul de televiziune.
I changed the TV channel.
Muncitorii curăță canalele orașului în fiecare vară.
The workers clean the city's drains every summer.
Canalul Dunăre-Marea Neagră a fost construit în secolul al XX-lea.
The Danube-Black Sea Canal was built in the 20th century.
Guvernul a alocat fonduri pentru reabilitarea canalelor de irigație din sudul țării.
The government allocated funds for the rehabilitation of irrigation canals in the south of the country.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | canal | canale |
| Genitive | canalului | canalelor |
| Accusative | canal | canale |
| Vocative | canalule | canalelor |
Word family
a canalizato channel, to pipe
canalizaresewerage, piping system
canalizatchanneled, piped
canaliersewer worker
Etymology
Romanian "canal" comes from French "canal" and Latin "canalis," meaning a pipe or channel. Latin "canalis" is built on "canna," a reed or cane, since early channels and pipes were modeled on hollow reeds. The word spread through the Romance languages with its core sense intact: a passage that carries water, gas, or, later, a broadcast signal.
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