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fulger
lightning (bolt), flash of lightning /ˈfuldʒer/
noun#3782 most common
Also: flash, streak of lightning
Example sentences
Am văzut un fulger.
I saw a lightning bolt.
Fulgerul a luminat cerul noaptea trecută.
The lightning lit up the sky last night.
Copiii se sperie adesea de tunete și fulgere.
Children are often scared of thunder and lightning.
A alergat ca fulgerul până acasă, de teamă să nu întârzie.
He ran home like lightning, afraid of being late.
Fulgerele care au brăzdat cerul au anunțat o furtună puternică.
The lightning bolts that streaked across the sky signaled a powerful storm.
Viteza cu care se deplasează lumina unui fulger este mult mai mare decât cea a sunetului, motiv pentru care vedem fulgerul înainte să auzim tunetul.
The speed at which the light of a lightning bolt travels is far greater than that of sound, which is why we see the lightning before we hear the thunder.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fulger | fulgere |
| Genitive | fulgerului | fulgerelor |
| Accusative | fulger | fulgere |
| Vocative | fulgerule | fulgerelor |
Word family
a fulgerato flash with lightning; to flash by, to happen in an instant
fulgerătorflashing, lightning-quick
fulgerarea flash, a flashing
ca fulgerullike lightning, very fast (set phrase)
Etymology
Fulger comes from the Latin fulgur, meaning a flash or bolt of lightning, related to the verb fulgere, to flash or shine. Romanian kept this Latin word almost unchanged while most other Romance languages replaced it or shifted its sense. It is one of the clear markers of Romanian's direct Latin inheritance in everyday vocabulary.
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