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decembrie

December /deˈtʃembrie/

noun#4549 most common

Example sentences

Decembrie este ultima lună a anului.
December is the last month of the year.
Ninge mult în decembrie.
It snows a lot in December.
Ne vedem pe cinci decembrie.
We'll see each other on December fifth.
În decembrie, orașul se umple de luminițe de Crăciun.
In December, the city fills with Christmas lights.
Revoluția din decembrie 1989 a schimbat istoria României.
The revolution of December 1989 changed Romania's history.
Abia spre sfârșitul lunii decembrie au reușit să ajungă la un acord privind bugetul.
Only toward the end of December did they manage to reach an agreement on the budget.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
NominativedecembrieNone
Genitivelui decembrieNone
AccusativedecembrieNone
VocativeNoneNone

Word family

decembrieDecember
decembristDecembrist, a participant in the 1825 Russian uprising named after the month
septembrieSeptember, a sibling month name built the same wayoctombrieOctober, a sibling month name built the same way

Etymology

Decembrie comes from Latin December, from decem, meaning ten, because December was the tenth month in the old Roman calendar that started in March. Romanian adopted this Latin-based name in the 19th century, replacing an older Slavic-derived term for the month. The same Latin root gives most Romance and many other European languages their word for December.

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