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construcție
construction (the act of building, or a building/structure) /konstrukˈtsi.e/
noun#3920 most common
Also: building, structure, grammatical construction
Example sentences
Aceasta este o construcție nouă.
This is a new building.
Construcția casei a durat un an.
The construction of the house took a year.
Muncitorii lucrează la construcția unui pod.
The workers are working on the construction of a bridge.
Firma noastră se ocupă cu construcția de clădiri rezidențiale.
Our company handles the construction of residential buildings.
Construcția gramaticală a acestei propoziții este neobișnuită.
The grammatical construction of this sentence is unusual.
Arhitectul a supravegheat fiecare etapă a construcției, de la fundație până la acoperiș.
The architect oversaw every stage of the construction, from the foundation to the roof.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | construcție | construcții |
| Genitive | construcției | construcțiilor |
| Accusative | construcție | construcții |
| Vocative | construcție | construcții |
Word family
construito build, to construct
constructorbuilder, constructor
constructivconstructive
reconstrucțiereconstruction
Etymology
Construcție entered Romanian in the nineteenth century, when the language absorbed large numbers of French and Latin words to modernize its vocabulary. It traces to Latin constructio, itself built from construere, meaning to build up or pile together. The Latin verb combines the prefix con- (together) with struere (to pile, to build), the same root behind English words like structure and instruct.
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