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echilibru
balance /e.ki.ˈli.bru/
noun#4009 most common
Also: equilibrium, poise
Example sentences
Copilul își pierde echilibrul.
The child loses his balance.
Merg pe bicicletă și am nevoie de echilibru.
I ride a bicycle and I need balance.
Gimnasta a arătat un echilibru perfect pe bârnă.
The gymnast showed perfect balance on the beam.
Trebuie să găsim un echilibru între muncă și viața personală.
We need to find a balance between work and personal life.
Guvernul se luptă să mențină echilibrul bugetar în acest an.
The government is struggling to keep the budget balance this year.
Filosofii antici au dezbătut echilibrul dintre libertate și responsabilitate.
Ancient philosophers debated the balance between freedom and responsibility.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | echilibru | echilibre |
| Genitive | echilibrului | echilibrelor |
| Accusative | echilibru | echilibre |
| Vocative | echilibru | echilibre |
Word family
echilibrato balance
echilibratbalanced, steady
dezechilibruimbalance
dezechilibrato unbalance, to destabilize
echilibristicătightrope walking, acrobatic balancing
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "echilibru" from French "équilibre" in the 19th century, during the wave of French-based modernization of Romanian vocabulary. The French word goes back to Latin "aequilibrium", a compound of "aequus" (equal) and "libra" (scale, balance). The Latin image is literal: a scale whose two pans hold equal weight.
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