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culoare
color /kuˈlo̯a.re/
noun#933 most common
Also: hue, shade
Example sentences
Care este culoarea ta preferată?
What is your favorite color?
Rochia are o culoare frumoasă.
The dress has a beautiful color.
Am cumpărat o vopsea de culoare albastră.
I bought paint in a blue color.
Culorile toamnei sunt spectaculoase în acest parc.
Autumn's colors are spectacular in this park.
Pictorul a folosit o paletă bogată de culori pentru a reda atmosfera scenei.
The painter used a rich palette of colors to render the scene's atmosphere.
Nuanțele subtile ale culorii cerului la asfințit sunt greu de surprins în cuvinte.
The subtle shades of the sky's color at sunset are hard to capture in words.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | culoare | culori |
| Genitive | culorii | culorilor |
| Accusative | culoare | culori |
| Vocative | culoare | culori |
Word family
a colorato color, to paint
coloratcolored, bright
coloritcoloring, complexion
colorantdye, coloring agent
a decolorato discolor, to bleach
Etymology
Culoare comes from Latin color, colorem, the standard Latin word for color. Romanian kept the word through direct inheritance from spoken Latin, as did most Romance languages. Some scholars link the Latin root to an older sense of covering or surface appearance, though this connection is debated.
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