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cutie
box /kuˈti.e/
noun#691 most common
Also: can (small container), case
Example sentences
Aceasta este o cutie roșie.
This is a red box.
Pun jucăriile în cutie.
I put the toys in the box.
Am primit un pachet într-o cutie mare.
I received a package in a big box.
Cutia de viteze a mașinii trebuie reparată.
The car's gearbox needs to be repaired.
Pilotul a confirmat că cutia neagră transmite semnalul corect.
The pilot confirmed that the black box is transmitting the signal correctly.
Deși cutiile fuseseră sigilate cu grijă înainte de expediere, vameșii au insistat să le deschidă pe toate.
Although the boxes had been carefully sealed before shipping, the customs officers insisted on opening all of them.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cutie | cutii |
| Genitive | cutii | cutiilor |
| Accusative | cutie | cutii |
| Vocative | cutie | cutii |
Word family
cutiuțălittle box (diminutive)
cutie de vitezegearbox
cutie poștalămailbox
cutie neagrăblack box (flight recorder)
Etymology
Cutie came into Romanian from South Slavic, close to Bulgarian and Serbian kutija, meaning box. It is not a Latin inheritance like most core Romanian vocabulary. It entered during the long period of Slavic contact in the medieval Balkans, before French and Italian loans reshaped much of the modern lexicon.
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