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chit
putty (the soft paste used to seal glass into window frames or fill small cracks) /ˈkit/
noun#5077 most common
Also: glazing compound, filler paste
Example sentences
Am nevoie de chit pentru geam.
I need putty for the window.
Vânzătorul mi-a dat un tub de chit.
The salesman gave me a tube of putty.
Am folosit chit ca să repar crăpătura din perete.
I used putty to repair the crack in the wall.
Meșterul a aplicat chitul pe rama ferestrei înainte de a monta geamul.
The craftsman applied the putty to the window frame before fitting the glass.
Chiturile moderne se usucă mult mai repede decât cele tradiționale pe bază de ulei de in.
Modern putties dry much faster than traditional linseed-oil-based ones.
Restauratorii au trebuit să îndepărteze cu grijă chitul vechi, întărit de decenii, fără să deterioreze lemnul ramei.
The restorers had to carefully remove the old putty, hardened over decades, without damaging the wood of the frame.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | chit | chituri |
| Genitive | chitului | chiturilor |
| Accusative | chit | chituri |
| Vocative | chit | chituri |
Word family
a chituito putty, to fill or seal with putty
chituirethe act or process of puttying
chituitputtied, sealed with putty
chit de geamwindow putty, glazing compound
Etymology
Chit entered Romanian as a loanword from Turkish kit, meaning putty or sealing paste. The borrowing dates to the long period of Ottoman commercial and administrative contact in the Danubian principalities, which left Romanian with many everyday craft and household terms of Turkish origin. Because it arrived as a direct loan rather than through inherited Latin vocabulary, it has no Indo-European root to trace.
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