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deșert
desert (arid, sandy or barren land) /deˈʃert/
noun#2557 most common
Also: wasteland, wilderness
Example sentences
Deșertul este foarte cald.
The desert is very hot.
În deșert nu plouă aproape niciodată.
In the desert it almost never rains.
Cămilele trăiesc bine în deșert.
Camels live well in the desert.
Am călătorit prin deșertul Sahara anul trecut.
I traveled through the Sahara desert last year.
Nisipul deșertului se mișcă mereu odată cu vântul.
The desert's sand keeps shifting with the wind.
Orașul părăsit s-a transformat treptat într-un deșert de piatră, unde tăcerea domnea peste ruine.
The abandoned city gradually turned into a stone desert, where silence ruled over the ruins.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | deșertul | deșerturile |
| Genitive | deșertului | deșerturilor |
| Accusative | deșertul | deșerturile |
| Vocative | deșertule | deșerturilor |
Word family
a deșertato empty out, pour out
deșertarethe act of emptying
deșert, deșartăempty, vain, futile (literary)
deșerticdesert-like, arid
deșertificaredesertification
Etymology
Deșert entered Romanian through French désert, which traces back to Latin desertum, the neuter past participle of deserere, meaning to abandon or leave unjoined. The Latin verb combines the prefix de- (away) with serere (to join, to put in a row), so the underlying sense is land left disconnected or forsaken. The word later narrowed in everyday use to mean an arid, barren region.
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