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cuțit
knife /kuˈt͡sit/
noun#1396 most common
Also: blade
Example sentences
Cuțitul este pe masă.
The knife is on the table.
Am nevoie de un cuțit pentru a tăia pâinea.
I need a knife to cut the bread.
Copiii nu au voie să se joace cu cuțitul.
Children are not allowed to play with the knife.
Bucătarul a ascuțit cuțitele înainte de a începe să gătească.
The chef sharpened the knives before starting to cook.
Deși cuțitul acesta pare vechi, lama lui taie mai bine decât oricare altul din bucătărie.
Although this knife looks old, its blade cuts better than any other one in the kitchen.
Fără cuțitul acela ruginit, moștenit de la bunicul său, nu ar fi reușit niciodată să cioplească mânerul cu atâta precizie.
Without that rusty knife, inherited from his grandfather, he would never have managed to carve the handle with such precision.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cuțit | cuțite |
| Genitive | cuțitului | cuțitelor |
| Accusative | cuțit | cuțite |
| Vocative | cuțitule | cuțitelor |
Word family
cuțitașsmall knife, penknife
cuțitarcutler, knife-maker
cuțităriecutlery trade or cutlery shop
Etymology
Cuțit descends from Latin cultellus, a diminutive of culter, meaning knife or plowshare. The word passed into Romanian through the everyday spoken Latin of the region and kept its core meaning intact for two thousand years. The diminutive ending fused into the root over time, so modern speakers no longer perceive it as a separate suffix.
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