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combustibil
fuel /kombusˈtibil/
noun#3168 most common
Also: combustible (capable of burning), flammable material
Example sentences
Mașina are nevoie de combustibil.
The car needs fuel.
Prețul combustibilului a crescut din nou.
The price of fuel has risen again.
Trebuie să alimentăm mașina cu combustibil înainte de drum.
We need to fill the car with fuel before the trip.
Guvernul a anunțat noi taxe pe combustibilii fosili.
The government announced new taxes on fossil fuels.
Materialele combustibile trebuie depozitate departe de sursele de căldură.
Combustible materials must be stored away from heat sources.
Reducerea dependenței de combustibilii fosili rămâne o provocare majoră pentru tranziția energetică.
Reducing dependence on fossil fuels remains a major challenge for the energy transition.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | combustibil | combustibili |
| Genitive | combustibilului | combustibililor |
| Accusative | combustibil | combustibili |
| Vocative | combustibilule | combustibililor |
Word family
combustiecombustion
incombustibilincombustible, fireproof
combustibilitatecombustibility (rare, technical)
carburantfuel (near-synonym, especially for vehicles)
Etymology
Combustibil entered Romanian from French combustible in the nineteenth century, part of a wave of Romance vocabulary that reshaped the modern Romanian lexicon. The French word traces to Latin combustibilis, an adjective built on combustus, the past participle of comburere, meaning to burn up completely. That verb itself is com- (together, intensive) plus urere, the basic Latin verb for burning.
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