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dragon
dragon /draˈɡon/
noun#2066 most common
Also: dragoon (historical cavalry soldier)
Example sentences
Copilul desenează un dragon.
The child draws a dragon.
Dragonul are aripi mari.
The dragon has big wings.
În poveste, cavalerul luptă cu dragonul.
In the story, the knight fights the dragon.
Dragonii din legendele chinezești simbolizează puterea și norocul.
The dragons in Chinese legends symbolize power and luck.
Regimentul de dragoni a fost desființat la începutul secolului XX.
The dragoon regiment was disbanded at the start of the 20th century.
Deși mulți cred că dragonul este doar o creatură mitologică, în cavaleria europeană termenul desemna și un tip de soldat călare.
Although many believe the dragon is just a mythological creature, in European cavalry the term also named a type of mounted soldier.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dragonul | dragonii |
| Genitive | dragonului | dragonilor |
| Accusative | dragonul | dragonii |
| Vocative | dragonule | dragonilor |
Word family
dragondragon; also historical term for a dragoon soldier
dragoniplural: dragons; dragoons
balaurnative Romanian word for a monstrous serpent-dragon of folklore
zmeuRomanian folktale dragon-like creature, often the villain who abducts princesses
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "dragon" from French, which took it from Latin "draco, draconis". Latin got the word from Greek "drakōn", meaning a huge serpent, related to the verb "derkomai", to see or glare. The name likely points to the creature's sharp, fixed stare. The same French word later gave the military sense, a mounted soldier called a dragoon.
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