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ciupercă
mushroom /t͡ʃuˈper.kə/
noun#4639 most common
Also: fungus, toadstool
Example sentences
Ciuperca este mică.
The mushroom is small.
Mama a cumpărat o ciupercă mare de la piață.
Mom bought a big mushroom at the market.
În pădure am găsit multe ciuperci comestibile.
In the forest we found many edible mushrooms.
Trebuie să verifici dacă ciuperca este otrăvitoare înainte de a o găti.
You have to check whether the mushroom is poisonous before cooking it.
Miceliul ciupercii se întinde sub pământ pe o suprafață impresionantă.
The mushroom's mycelium spreads underground over an impressive area.
Cercetătorii au descris o specie nouă de ciupercă parazită care le controlează comportamentul furnicilor infectate.
Researchers described a new species of parasitic mushroom that controls the behavior of the ants it infects.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ciupercă | ciuperci |
| Genitive | ciupercii | ciupercilor |
| Accusative | ciupercă | ciuperci |
| Vocative | ciupercă | ciupercilor |
Word family
ciupercuțălittle mushroom (diminutive)
ciupercarperson who grows or sells mushrooms
ciupercăriemushroom farm
ciupercosspongy, mushroom-textured
Etymology
The origin of "ciupercă" is not settled. Romanian dictionaries generally mark it as a word of uncertain, likely pre-Roman substrate origin rather than a Latin inheritance, since no clear Latin source fits its form. Some scholars have proposed links to other Balkan substrate words, but none is confirmed. Because no root can be verified without guessing, no reconstruction is given here.
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