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creatură
creature /kre.aˈtu.rə/
noun#1455 most common
Also: being, beast
Example sentences
Aceasta este o creatură mică.
This is a small creature.
Copilul a văzut o creatură ciudată în pădure.
The child saw a strange creature in the forest.
Dragonii sunt creaturi fantastice din povești.
Dragons are fantastic creatures from stories.
Habitatul creaturii a fost distrus de poluare.
The creature's habitat was destroyed by pollution.
Fiecare creatură vie merită respect și compasiune.
Every living creature deserves respect and compassion.
Filosofii s-au întrebat dintotdeauna dacă omul este doar o creatură rațională sau ceva mai mult.
Philosophers have always wondered whether man is just a rational creature or something more.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | creatură | creaturi |
| Genitive | creaturii | creaturilor |
| Accusative | creatură | creaturi |
| Vocative | creatură | creaturilor |
Word family
a creato create
creatorcreator
creațiecreation
creativcreative
necreatuncreated
Etymology
Creatură comes from Latin creatura, meaning that which has been made or brought into being. It entered Romanian as part of the wave of Latin and French borrowings that reshaped the language's vocabulary in the 19th century, alongside words like creator and creație. The base verb, creare, means to create.
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