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cuvant
word /kuˈvɨnt/
noun#3479 most common
Also: promise (in 'cuvânt de onoare', word of honor), speech, remarks (in 'a lua cuvântul', to take the floor)
Example sentences
Acesta este un cuvânt nou.
This is a new word.
Nu înțeleg acest cuvânt.
I don't understand this word.
Ea a scris un cuvânt greșit în caiet.
She wrote a wrong word in her notebook.
Îți dau cuvântul meu că voi reveni mâine.
I give you my word that I will come back tomorrow.
Discursul lui a fost plin de cuvinte goale.
His speech was full of empty words.
Președintele a luat cuvântul pentru a se adresa mulțimii adunate.
The president took the floor to address the gathered crowd.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cuvânt | cuvinte |
| Genitive | cuvântului | cuvintelor |
| Accusative | cuvânt | cuvinte |
| Vocative | cuvânt | cuvinte |
Word family
a cuvântato speak, to address (formal or archaic)
cuvântarea speech, an address
necuvântătorunable to speak; used for dumb animals, literally 'wordless'
cuveni (a se cuveni)to be fitting or proper
Etymology
Cuvânt comes from Latin conventus, meaning a gathering or an agreement. The sense shifted over time from an assembly or a pact reached at one to the speech and words exchanged there, and eventually to word itself. This is a case where a noun about meeting people ended up naming the basic unit of speech.
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