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centimetru
centimeter /tʃenti'metru/
noun#2245 most common
Example sentences
Creionul are optsprezece centimetri.
The pencil is eighteen centimeters long.
Masa are un metru și douăzeci de centimetri lungime.
The table is one meter and twenty centimeters long.
Am nevoie de o riglă care măsoară treizeci de centimetri.
I need a ruler that measures thirty centimeters.
Diferența dintre cele două piese este de doar câțiva centimetri.
The difference between the two parts is only a few centimeters.
Inginerul a calculat cu precizie fiecare centimetru pătrat al suprafeței.
The engineer calculated every square centimeter of the surface with precision.
O abatere de câțiva centimetri, deși pare neglijabilă, poate compromite întreaga structură.
A deviation of a few centimeters, though it seems negligible, can compromise the whole structure.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | centimetru | centimetri |
| Genitive | centimetrului | centimetrilor |
| Accusative | centimetru | centimetri |
| Vocative | centimetrule | centimetrilor |
Word family
Etymology
Centimetru entered Romanian in the 19th century from French centimètre, part of the wave of French-derived vocabulary that modernized Romanian technical and scientific language. The French word itself was coined during the creation of the metric system, joining the Latin prefix centi- (hundred) with mètre, from Greek metron (measure). Romanian adopted the word along with the metric system itself.
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