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chemare
call (a summons or a vocation) /ke.ˈma.re/
noun#5355 most common
Also: calling, summons, vocation
Example sentences
Copilul a auzit o chemare și a alergat acasă.
The child heard a call and ran home.
Chemarea la masă s-a auzit din bucătărie.
The call to the table was heard from the kitchen.
A simțit o chemare puternică spre pictură.
She felt a strong calling toward painting.
Chemarea la ordine a liniștit sala.
The call to order quieted the room.
Preotul a povestit despre chemarea sa spre preoție încă din copilărie.
The priest talked about his calling to the priesthood since childhood.
Chemările repetate ale strămoșilor răsunau în legendele satului, ca un ecou al unei vocații uitate.
The repeated calls of the ancestors echoed in the village's legends, like an echo of a forgotten vocation.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | chemare | chemări |
| Genitive | chemări | chemărilor |
| Accusative | chemare | chemări |
| Vocative | chemare | chemări |
Word family
a chemato call
chematcalled, summoned
chemătorcalling, beckoning
a rechemato call back, recall
rechemarea recall
Etymology
Chemare is the noun form of the verb a chema, to call. Both descend from Latin clamare, to shout or call out. The noun uses the common Romanian pattern of turning a first-conjugation infinitive ending in -are into an action noun, the same way mânca gives mâncare.
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