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descoperire
discovery /des.ko.peˈri.re/
noun#2855 most common
Also: finding, uncovering, detection
Example sentences
Aceasta este o descoperire importantă.
This is an important discovery.
Copiii au făcut o descoperire în grădină.
The children made a discovery in the garden.
Descoperirea a fost publicată în ziar.
The discovery was published in the newspaper.
Oamenii de știință au anunțat o nouă descoperire în domeniul medicinei.
Scientists announced a new discovery in the field of medicine.
Descoperirea acestei specii necunoscute a schimbat modul în care înțelegem evoluția.
The discovery of this unknown species changed how we understand evolution.
Semnificația descoperirii arheologice nu a fost pe deplin apreciată decât după decenii de cercetări suplimentare.
The significance of the archaeological discovery was not fully appreciated until decades of further research.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | descoperire | descoperiri |
| Genitive | descoperiri | descoperirilor |
| Accusative | descoperire | descoperiri |
| Vocative | descoperire | descoperiri |
Word family
a descoperito discover
descoperitordiscoverer
nedescoperitundiscovered
acoperirecovering, coverageredescoperirerediscovery
Etymology
Descoperire is a noun built from the verb a descoperi, to discover or uncover. That verb joins the prefix des-, marking reversal, to a root shared with a acoperi, to cover, both tracing back to Latin cooperire. The Latin verb itself rests on operire, to close or cover. The ending -re turns the verb into a noun, the same pattern seen in citire (reading) or vorbire (speech).
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