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fereastră
window /feˈre̯astrə/
noun#1048 most common
Also: window (computer interface, e.g. a dialog box)
Example sentences
Fereastra este deschisă.
The window is open.
Deschid fereastra pentru că este cald afară.
I open the window because it is hot outside.
Am văzut o pasăre la fereastră azi-dimineață.
I saw a bird at the window this morning.
Rama ferestrei s-a stricat după furtună.
The window frame broke after the storm.
Ea privea absentă pe fereastră, pierdută în gânduri.
She gazed absently out the window, lost in thought.
Lumina difuză a amurgului se strecura printre ferestrele înalte ale bisericii, proiectând umbre lungi pe podea.
The diffuse light of dusk crept through the church's tall windows, casting long shadows on the floor.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fereastră | ferestre |
| Genitive | ferestre | ferestrelor |
| Accusative | fereastră | ferestre |
| Vocative | fereastră | ferestre |
Word family
fereastrăwindow
ferestruicăsmall window, porthole, dormer window
geamwindow pane or window (common everyday synonym, borrowed from Turkish)a arunca pe fereastrăto squander money, literally to throw it out the window
Etymology
Fereastră comes directly from Latin fenestra, meaning window. Romanian kept this Latin core word even though centuries of Slavic contact reshaped much of its vocabulary. Latin fenestra itself has no clear Indo-European origin; many scholars think Latin borrowed it from Etruscan. The word then spread with Latin across the Romance-speaking world.
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