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fund

bottom /fund/

noun#536 most common

Also: buttocks (colloquial), back/rear (of a room, stage, yard), crux (idiomatic: fundul problemei)

Example sentences

Paharul are un fund gros.
The glass has a thick bottom.
Mingea a căzut pe fundul piscinei.
The ball fell to the bottom of the pool.
Pescarii au găsit o comoară pe fundul râului.
The fishermen found a treasure at the bottom of the river.
Bătrânul stătea liniștit în fundul camerei.
The old man sat quietly at the back of the room.
Copilul a primit o palmă peste fund pentru că a mințit.
The child got a smack on the bottom for lying.
Trebuie să ajungem la fundul acestei probleme înainte să luăm o decizie.
We need to get to the bottom of this problem before we make a decision.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativefundfunduri
Genitivefundfunduri
Accusativefundfunduri
Vocativefundulefunduri

Word family

fundalbackground (of a scene or picture)
profundprofound, deep
fundăturădead end, cul-de-sac
fundamentfoundation, basis
fondfund, stock, background (later borrowing of the same Latin root)

Etymology

Fund descends from Latin fundus, meaning bottom or landed estate. Fundus itself traces back to an old Indo-European word for the base or bottom of something. The same Latin root gave Romanian its learned word profund and its later borrowing fond, so the language ended up with two words from one ancestor.

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