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clădire
building /kləˈdi.re/
noun#831 most common
Also: structure, edifice
Example sentences
Aceasta este o clădire mare.
This is a big building.
Clădirea are cinci etaje.
The building has five floors.
Ne întâlnim în fața clădirii principale.
We're meeting in front of the main building.
Clădirile vechi din centrul orașului au fost renovate anul trecut.
The old buildings in the city center were renovated last year.
Arhitectul a proiectat o clădire care îmbină stilul modern cu elementele tradiționale.
The architect designed a building that combines modern style with traditional elements.
Deteriorarea structurală a clădirii impunea o intervenție urgentă înainte ca aceasta să devină un pericol public.
The structural deterioration of the building required urgent intervention before it became a public danger.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | clădirea | clădirile |
| Genitive | clădirii | clădirilor |
| Accusative | clădirea | clădirile |
| Vocative | clădire | clădirilor |
Word family
clădito build
clăditbuilt
reclădito rebuild
clădiribuildings (plural)
Etymology
Clădire is formed from the Romanian verb a clădi, meaning to build, plus the noun-forming suffix -re that Romanian attaches to infinitive stems to make abstract or result nouns. The verb a clădi itself comes from a Slavic source related to Old Church Slavonic klasti and Bulgarian klada, both tied to the idea of laying or piling up material. Romanian absorbed a large layer of Slavic vocabulary through centuries of contact before the modern Latinizing wave of the 19th century, and clădi is one of the words from that older layer that stayed in everyday use.
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